Backup encrypted on Win 8, first use, didn't ask for password

Now trying to install backup on a new phone and it is asking for a password, which it didn't ask for last night when I backed it up. HELP!

Well, OS X is inherently multi-user, and each user is themselves protected by their own login password. So you have a few choices. You can set your computer to require a password when it wakes from sleep or recovers from a screensaver, or to log out after a certain amount of inactivity. Or, for manual control, you can set up a user for yourself and one for guests, and switch the user when you hand over control of the computer.
And, of course, setting up automatic backups using Time Machine or another method is a very very good idea in any case.
Matt

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Hi nylife02,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
Without knowing the exact keychain alert your are receiving, I will leave articles for the ones that are most likely the culprit. The one it sounds most like to me is “login” keychain. Please review the article below if indeed you are receiving the “login” keychain prompt.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1631
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Hi Experts
for restoring from backup itunes is asking for password and i didn't give any password when backup was going on not even i checked on encrypt my backup.
please help me ASAP

See:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3057884
I too have experienced the "blame everything but Apple products/software" indoctrination of the Apple phone support techs!
I have a feeling that iTunes automatically switches encryption on and puts as default a previous iTunes store password but as I don't leave mine the same all the time (and don't feel the need to remember historic passwords that I'm not using to secure anything against) I have no clue what it is.
Good luck trying to get useful advice on here relating to the issue, it will go along the lines of...
1) Its your fault for setting it and forgetting the password,
2) We know everything and theres definately no way iTunes would set backups to encrypt without your knowledge and...
3) Theres no fix for this issue, you might be able to save some of your data, but most will be lost (unless you specifically ask for an iTunes redownload exemption/ token then your purchases could be lost too).
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