Password problem


  1. philippo
    Posts : 25
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       New #1

    Password problem


    I just hatched my first virtual machine in my 64 bit Win7 Ultimate. (It seemed a bit strange, I could not install a 64 bit OS because the error message came up stating something along the lines of: "This system does not support 64 bit...?" )

    Haven't a clue why THAT happened, but I went and installed my old copy of 32 bit Vista and it seemed to work fine...until I installed the "integration features".

    That too seemed as it should EXCEPT -- The next time I attempted to open that machine it wanted my Windows 7 login password...which never existed -- I NEVER had one, never set one up, never use them, actually.

    So what gives? What do I do next?
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. Kari
    Posts : 17,545
    Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
       New #2

    Virtual PC does not support 64-bit guest operating systems. All OS's installed on a Virtual PC virtual machine must be 32-bit, even when Virtual PC is running on a 64-bit host computer.

    All VPC virtual machines use emulated 32-bit hardware, not the hardware of your host.

    If integration features are enabled, you can not login to any Virtual PC virtual machine without a password. Using password in all user accounts is obligatory if integration features are enabled.

    You have to turn integration off, login to virtual machine using account without a password, create a password, re-enable integration and reboot the virtual machine.

    You can turn integration off in your virtual machines settings:

    Password problem-vpc_intfeat_autoenable.png

    Kari
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. philippo
    Posts : 25
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       New #3

    Thanks...of course I also saw your identical answer to an earlier poster with the same question -- sorry for the impatient duplication of the question
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  6. Kari
    Posts : 17,545
    Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
       New #4

    Never mind. Main thing is you get answers to your questions, issues solved.

    Kari
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
Password problem
in Network & Sharing

An 'IT' guy did some work at the house. Before he started, my laptop and my wife's desktop were happily in a homegroup. IT guy introduced a newly configured additional laptop for my wife. In the process, he did not use the homegroup but another form of networking between my wife's existing desktop...
password problem
in Browsers & Mail

hello, a friend goes to help a lady of 90 years old with her computer. She uses it as a lifeline, for online shopping and e-mail as she lives out of town. Recently she found she could not enter her password to access an online store she uses for her groceries. She is not at all computer-savvy,...
Hi, I've setup my home network, so that each machine can RDP to each other. All machines are running Win7 64-bit, not that it should matter, but all the machines are on the same homegroup, and all have the same one username, with no password enabled on any. Anyway cutting a long story...
I've created a password for the guest account. Now I can neither change nor remove it. Logging on as admin I can't find a setting to change or remove guest account's password. Logging on as guest I am getting the "windows cannot change password" warning if I try to change or remove it. On...
Password problem
in General Discussion

Hello, so I recently installed Windows 7 Ultimate on a second laptop of mine. And then I set a password for it, the password was written in Arabic. And now, I can't change the language on the login screen, it is always English, so it prevents me from logging in. Please help.
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:50.
Find Us