Re: Administrator rights

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nospam-comcast.net)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 23:51:30 GMT

True. I was going by the info that there was only one account on the computer though
actually there has to be two even if guest is disabled. Net localgroup administrators
will tell him for sure. --- Steve

"Andrew Mitchell" <amitchell@removecasey.vic.gov.au> wrote in message
news:Xns94FA55CB33728casey01@207.46.248.16...
> "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@nospam-comcast.net> said
>
> > I am puzzled because the built in administrator is in the local
> > administrators group and can not be removed form that group or be
> > disabled or did you change from a domain to workgoup maybe?
>
> You can change the built in administrator user name though, which it sounds
> like he has done.
> Changing the username for the admin account, then creating another user using
> the 'Administrator' username but assigning no permissions is a common
> 'honeypot' technique.
>
> --
> Andy.
>

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