Under Windows XP and Windows 2000 SP3 and above, by default,
the system will not allow services to be run for accounts which do not
have a password set.
To make it possible to run as an account without a password, you need to
disable the "Accounts: Limit local account use of blank password to
console logon only." setting. Go to the Administrative Tools folder in
your control panel. Open the Local Security Policy applet. Expand Local
Policy and then click on Security Options. On the right side you will
find the above setting. Right click to access its properties dialog
and then disable it.
Note that the Local Security Policy applet does not appear to be
available on Home versions of Windows 2000 and XP. It is thus not
possible to run a service as a specific account under those versions
of Windows.
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