What OS/Web Server/PHP Version are you running?
If you want to disable the login information you can edit the header.php
Remove the following lines from header.php
PHP Code:
if(($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] != $cfg['login']['username']) or ($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'] != $cfg['login']['password'])){
// Send Browser Authorization
header("WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=\"EQ Editor\"");
header("HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized");
die('You are not authorized to view this page');
}