tor is asking me for a 'control password'. What's it talking about?

[maloov]

hey every one,

i'm not a software developer, and i have nothin to do with programming, i'm just a pc user that have downloaded Tor program. Unfortunately tor is not running, instead it askes me to enter a control password!!

i just wanna know what password the're takin about!! i'm totally confused.

if any can help i'll be pleased

[pbmods]

Changed thread title to better describe the problem (did you know that threads whose titles do not follow the Posting Guidelines actually get FEWER responses?).

[maloov]

ok ..
well done..
thank you..

[jonet]

I ran into the same problem today. Solution is:

Open Service Management Console (Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Services), right click on "Tor Win32 Service" and select "Stop". That's it, you can now start Tor using Vidalia and it won't ask for control password any more.

Seems like a bug with Vidalia control panels.

P.S. A good title does help searching, although the help may come several months too late in some cases... Well that's life I guess:) Good luck.

[jeeke21]

HELLO THERE
I ran into the sample problem with Tor and tryed to solve as told by JONET but that way does not work anymore...

I kept seeking in the setup menu from Tor and switched out the option in the advance settings : Run tor in the background as a windows service ..
And it stopped for me asking for a password.. And Tor is working fine !

Hope this helps ??
greetings
Roger