Re: protect to crack windows2000 admin password

From: Steven L Umbach (sumbach_at_nospam-ameritech.net)
Date: 02/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:10:38 GMT

As others mentioned you can't unless you have physical security. If that is
not possible all the time [such as a laptop], you may want to look into
encrypting sensitive data files. W2K has a built in EFS file encryption.
Just be sure to read up on all the hazards of EFS including the possibility
of losing access to your own data if you do not backup your EFS
certificate/private key. If you follow best practices on W2K and
export/delete your EFS and the recovery agent's EFS private keys, then your
encrypted data is safe even if your password is cracked or reset. See link
below for more info. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/security/efssteps.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;223316

"Jeny" <jeny@india.com> wrote in message
news:e83301c3f135$702a0ab0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello !
> Can anyone tell how can i protect my windows 2000 pro
> system for not cracking the administrator password by
> using ERD command or other utility ? Is any way ?

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