win10 asks for password which I never had

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MisterPickles
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win10 asks for password which I never had

Post by MisterPickles »

When I opened today my windows 10 on virtual machine it said "your password has expired and must be changed"
I didn't have a password previously and if I try to leave it blank it doesn't accept it.
I also tried to skip this process and just log in but it still asks me for a password.

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mpack
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Re: win10 asks for password which I never had

Post by mpack »

VirtualBox has no influence on passwords and password policy regarding software you run on the virtual hardware. I note that you posted a picture of the VM settings summary - but nothing in the VM settings will be relevant to this, it's a guest OS matter. I suggest that you contact tech support for your guest OS.

IME, Windows can indeed get upset if you don't set a password. PC OSs are all about security these days, and a lot of security policy has passwords as a fundamental layer, with Windows Hello, security keys and xFA as upper layers. IMO you should just bite the bullet and assign a password to a local account (Win10 tries to hide it, but there's no need for a Microsoft account). Google for details.
gayankod
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Re: win10 asks for password which I never had

Post by gayankod »

Use this password, It works!
'changeme' , with all simple letters (without quotes)
mpack
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Re: win10 asks for password which I never had

Post by mpack »

AFAIK, "changeme" (with user "vboxuser") is only applicable to new installations using VirtualBox's unattended install feature. That password would not expire. This is not the scenario I'm getting from the OP.
DimeCadmium
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Re: win10 asks for password which I never had

Post by DimeCadmium »

using VirtualBox's unattended install feature. That password would not expire
Yes, it most certainly does get set to expire, for some reason.

PS: you can literally see the unattended install "floppy" in the person's settings screenshot.
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