Re: Logon password changed?

From: Michel Bordeleau (m*i*c*h*e*l*_*s*b*s*@h*o*t*m*a*i*l*.*c*o*m)
Date: 06/05/02 

From: "Michel Bordeleau" <m*i*c*h*e*l*_*s*b*s*@h*o*t*m*a*i*l*.*c*o*m>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 17:44:25 -0400

You may be interested in the Password Reset Disk
(http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q321305) 

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Michel Bordeleau
MS-MVP / Associate Expert
"Matthew Would" <mwould@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:baa701c20c89$cbf30730$3bef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA10...
> Hi all..
> I am a relatively new user of windows xp in an
> educational environment, as all but one of our
> workstations are mac OS9 based.
>
> I have a staff login and a student login on the windows
> XP pro (educational) machine, and there is no
> password on the student login, only on the staff login.
>
> However, both logins were password protected when I
> came in to work today. The staff pass was also
> changed, so I could not access winXP through this
> route. I ctrl-alt-del'd and tried entering as administrator,
> and this too did not work.
>
> After 'interrogation', it seems that none of the staff
> changed the passwords so I can only assume it was
> the fault of a malicious student. The staff are very
> careful with passwords, so perhaps this was done
> with a keystroke recorder or something, i'm not sure.
>
> A) Could this have been a system error?
> B) Is there any 'backdoor' into the system?
> C) I am now re-installing winXP which feels a little
> drastic. Whilst I set-up, is there any way to set up a
> 'backdoor' or any other method of protection for myself
> to prevent this from happening?
>
> I know this is probably basic system admin stuff, but
> would appreciate any help at this was a little
> infuriating.
>
> Many thanks - matt

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