Re: Rename the "Guest" account as "administrator"?

From: S. Pidgorny (slavickp_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/03/05 

Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 20:41:44 +1000

This strategy won't work well: trojans etc. will not enumerate the accounts
by name but by SIDs (see http://support.microsoft.com/?id=243330 for
well-known ones). 

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Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
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"cc" <anonymous@disscussion.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OqqgIj8TFHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi, friends.
> I heard of a method, renaming the *disabled* "guest" account as a dummy
> "administrator", in order to transfer the potiential risks.
>
> Would the strategy work well? Would the diabled account remain "diabled"?
>
>

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