find if user has password set Topic is solved

[floppydrive]

can I use ahk to find out if the system has a password set? it's for Windows 10, I don't need the password, just a check if there is one

[Rohwedder]

Hallo,
I only use Windows 7.
Try it. I get a different error message depending on whether a password is set or not.

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q::
	RunAs, %A_UserName%
	Run Notepad.exe
Return

[AHKStudent]

Hallo,
I only use Windows 7.
Try it. I get a different error message depending on whether a password is set or not.

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q::
	RunAs, %A_UserName%
	Run Notepad.exe
Return

Thank you, what happens if there is no password? Interesting post because you can test many machines fast using a script like this

[mast4rwang]

Mister AHK_hackerman_student xD

[Rohwedder]

Hallo,
this script creates a temporary second script, runs it and copies the contents of the error window.

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FileDelete, ~.ahk ;temporary autohotkey file
FileAppend, RunAs`, %A_UserName%`r`nRun Notepad.exe, ~.ahk
Run, ~.ahk
WinWaitActive, ~.ahk
WinGetText, ErrorText
WinClose
FileDelete, ~.ahk
MsgBox,,This is the ErrorText,% ErrorText

Here, if I have a password set:
(german:)Specifically: Anmeldung fehlgeschlagen: unbekannter Benutzername oder falsches Kennwort.
(translation:)Specifically: login failed: unknown username or wrong password.
Without password:
(german:)Specifically: Anmeldung fehlgeschlagen: Benutzerkontenbeschränkung. Mögliche Ursachen hierfür: leere Kennwörter si...
(translation:)Specifically: Logon failed: User account restriction. Possible reasons for this: Empty passwords si...