Re: password access under WINXP
From: Chris Knapp (dont_at_spam.me)
Date: 12/13/03
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:33:34 -0800
This only means that you didn't have a password (or had one that she knew)
for the Administrator account. Safe mode does NOT disable security. You will
still have to enter a password for administrator if it has one when you boot
into safe mode.
"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
news:u%239hEjPwDHA.1804@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Reboot to Safe Mode
> Reboot tapping F8 each second
> Select Safe Mode at the menu
> Select Administrator
> Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel
> Select Administrator
> Select the option to add a password.
>
> Additionally I would inform her there would be loss of computer access
> and other appropriate punishment for attempting to circumvent computer
> security.
> This type of thing routinely gets people fired in a business setting
> and should not be tolerated at home.
>
> Also see:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/Private.htm
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
>
> "lou" <lbovasso@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:024301c3c0f7$67ad94b0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> > When I originally set up WinXP I allowed myself, my wife
> > and my daughter to have admin privileges. Recently, for
> > certain reasons, we decided to restrict my daughter's
> > access to the computer. I went into user accounts, changed
> > me to administrater and gave everyone a password. It
> > worked for a while but then my daughter somehow bypassed
> > the password. I am certain she did not discover the
> > password. When I asked her how she did it, she said she
> > went into Safe Mode and changed it back. Is this possible?
> > Is there any way to avoid this and set up a restricted
> > access to the computer? If not under Win XP, are there any
> > 3rd party programs? Thanks for your help.
>
>
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