Re: password access under WINXP

From: *Vanguard* (no-email_at_post-reply-in-newsgroup.nix)
Date: 12/13/03 

Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 02:07:59 -0600

"lou" wrote
in 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.

You must set a non-blank password on ALL accounts in the Administrators
group. That includes Administrator, your login, and your spouse's
login. Otherwise, your daughter can use any account with admin
privileges that doesn't have a password. Also, and for obvious reasons,
you need to use a password that isn't composed of something commonly
known by you and her and you should use strong passwords to avoid her
guessing at them. But then if you let you continuously watch over your
shoulder as you login then eventually she'll know your password, so
change it every month or so. 

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