From: Devil505@spamfence.net   
      
   On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:23:26 -0700, "chrisv"    
   wrote:   
      
   > Jack wrote:   
   > > Pastor Dave wrote:   
   >    
   > >   
   > >> Anyway, all I can tell you is what the rest of the world is   
   > >> telling you and that is that a normal XP Pro disc will indeed,   
   > >> by default, ask for an Admin password during the install.   
   > >   
   > > No, only you are claiming that.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >>   
   > >> Hope this helps. :)   
   > >   
   > > What is wrong with you? Do you feel you have to win or something?   
   > > Relic and I have both stated that we have _NEVER_ been asked to set a   
   > > password during the OS Installation. *NEVER* -- Get it?   
   >   
   > Let me jump in... my experience is the same as relic's: No password has ever   
   > been requested during installation. Dave must be using something else other   
   > than a legit installation CD (or he just won't admit that he's wrong).   
   >   
      
   Actually there seem to be different versions of the install-CDs - I   
   just checked out (using Virtual Box) two different flavours of XP Pro   
   CDs, one in English the other in German, both VLK CDs of what's   
   occasionally called "Student Edition" - can't say how old they are   
   though (what year/ SP level) as I didn't finish installation - both   
   pop up the dialog "Computer Name and _Administrator Password_" next   
   thing after the dialog asking for the license key, though entering a   
   password there is optional - the English install set is of unknown   
   origin, so I can't tell about any difference to the original CDs from   
   MS (re: nLite or similar) apart from one additional text file   
   containing a meanwhile obsolete VLK, the German one is the original   
   version for Students from a university over here, unmodified so far I   
   can tell...   
      
   Having installed a good number of XPs myself, though from a limited   
   number of sources _not_ being specific manufacturer customized OEM   
   CDs, Hidden Partitions or nLite versions, I'd say from memory that   
   most showed the dialog mentioned above - from a security point of view   
   it wouldn't make much sense to NOT remind the installing person of the   
   administrator account and the need to set a password, but then again   
   experience tells that what makes sense isn't necessarily what's   
   actually implemented...   
      
   T.C.   
      
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