This software uses the features and capabilities of Microsoft Windows operating systems. As a best practice, users of this software should not create administrator accounts with blank passwords.


Regardless of the Global Policy setting (and for consistency with Vista/2008 and newer systems), this software will not support certain configurations that use an administrator account with a blank password. The general rule of thumb is that you cannot configure a protection plan to run using an administrator account with a blank password unless you also select the option to only run when logged on. See the topics Schedule tab and Run this plan only when logged on.