LOL @ Vista error message

[M A V I C]

I only have one user on the system, so the username is pre-populated and not editable on the login screen. I typed the wrong password and the error message said "you've entered either the wrong username or the wrong password."

I'm glad it was the password that was wrong

[Article Accelerator]

It was just being nice by attempting to share the possible blame. I mean, maybe it could have filled in the wrong username. You never know.

[smanoli]

i think it's so when it's not prefilled in a hacker doesn't know when he's come across a valid user name. But yeah in your case it's kinda funny.

[bazookaman]

cancel or allow.

[ztirffritz]

I don't get what is so funny about that error. If they told which was wrong they have also told you that the other was right. That just cut 50% off of a hack job. Now you have no idea which was wrong.

Then again, there are tools like the ophcrack live cd that will crack all of the local passwords in about 20 min.

[OWC Jamie]

programming code often generates a single message for multiple error conditions.

An age old problem :

[M A V I C]

[quote ztirffritz]I don't get what is so funny about that error. If they told which was wrong they have also told you that the other was right. That just cut 50% off of a hack job. Now you have no idea which was wrong.

Then again, there are tools like the ophcrack live cd that will crack all of the local passwords in about 20 min.
The username is already entered by the OS. The only thing a user or hacker can enter, is the password.

[ztirffritz]

Oh, I see what you're saying. I usually turn off the remember username feature. Security is in my blood...

[M A V I C]

[quote ztirffritz]Oh, I see what you're saying. I usually turn off the remember username feature. Security is in my blood...
It's a test machine. This particular one has to be left at default settings.