Re: Using XP without an account

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 09/24/02 

From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 22:56:49 -0700

She is using one of the existing accounts.
There is no alternative to that.
You might want to enable logging, and review the
event logs to see what accounts are being log in to.
It is very likely she has used a weakly protected
admin account, such as default Administrator. 

--
Roger Abell
MS MVP (Security, Windows), MCDBA,  MCSE both
Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"John" <jeaton64@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:5fb601c26367$4e919420$2ae2c90a@phx.gbl...
> To anyone that can help,
>
> In an attempt to control my daughters computer usage, I
> have in the past as the administrator simply changed her
> password during the time that she is grounded.  This
> morning I tried to perform that parenting function and
> discovered that she has no account.  She gets on the
> computer and accesses the ISP E-mail and uses AOL IM but
> there is no account icon at the welcome screen, no
> account when I tried to manage the accounts and as far as
> I can tell no account folders or files.
>
> She has always been ahead of me on this thing, what is
> she doing?
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
>
> John

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