Re: Unauthorise access to my private folder(win xp)

From: Robert Moir (bofh_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/03/03 

Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 19:25:22 +0100

kenshin wrote:
> I am sharing my computer with another person,each having
> our own user account. I have password protect my account,
> however i found out that my friend was able to look
> through my files and even reset my password. How can she
> do that and how can i prevent it? She's a IT profession.

It sounds like she's an administrator of the computer. If you don't want her
to be able to do these kinds of tasks you need to change her account so that
she's no longer an administrator. You'd also need to change the
"administrator" default account's password too.

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