It was convenient. It was efficient .

He waited thirty seconds. Then sixty. He frowned.

But something was wrong. The patch had corrupted the DefaultPassword string. The last character—a $ —had been replaced with a null byte.

Liam took a deep breath. He typed a single backslash into the username field. In the password field, he left it blank. He pressed Enter.

If you are uncomfortable storing passwords in plaintext, there is a built-in tool by Sysinternals (now part of Microsoft) called .

He didn't answer. He was looking at the login screen. Not at the boxes, but at the text below them. The name of the last user to log on.

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It was convenient. It was efficient .

He waited thirty seconds. Then sixty. He frowned. autoadminlogon

But something was wrong. The patch had corrupted the DefaultPassword string. The last character—a $ —had been replaced with a null byte. It was convenient

Liam took a deep breath. He typed a single backslash into the username field. In the password field, he left it blank. He pressed Enter. autoadminlogon

If you are uncomfortable storing passwords in plaintext, there is a built-in tool by Sysinternals (now part of Microsoft) called .

He didn't answer. He was looking at the login screen. Not at the boxes, but at the text below them. The name of the last user to log on.