Re: Default Administrator lockout

From: rav (ravburano_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:45:22 -0000

Hi,

Thanks for your replies but my point is that i have neither disabled the
admininstrator account in GPO or used passprop.

Thanks
"Roger Abell" <mvpNOSpam@asu.edu> wrote in message
news:ewK5URD$DHA.916@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
> "Laura A. Robinson [MVP]" <geekwench@snippit.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1aa68f89e9fae6559897a1@nn.bloomberg.com...
> > In article <#U2XXVy#DHA.684@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, ravburano@hotmail.com
> > says...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have got the default administrator account (it is not a renamed
> account or
> > > anything like it, the SID is correct) on a Windows 2003 DC to lock
out.
> > > Aanyone else have this at all? Thought it was impossible to do as it
is
> a
> > > backdoor.
> > >
> > Not only is it possible (Google for passprop.exe), with Win2K3, you can
> > use group policy to disable the account altogether.
> >
> > Laura
>
> altogether except for safe mode boots
>
> Roger
>
>

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