Re: Security Flaws with XP

From: Colin Nash [MVP] (x_at_x)
Date: 08/10/04 

Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 20:39:09 -0400

You can put a password on that account.

http://www.ncsu.edu/resnet/pages/passwords/xp_passwords_admin.php (follow
the instructions but ignore all the specifics about that school.)

If that's all that the kid has done, then this will prevent it. Although
like I said in my other posts, its still trivial to break through this if he
has a bit of knowledge or access to Google :)

"MAP" <MAP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CE1808B7-92AB-46A4-AB73-B05DC0E4D35D@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "Fire Spouse" wrote:
>
>> I come home tonight and the password on my computer has been changed. I
>> changed it this morning before I left for work. And when I get home it
>> has
>> been changed by my son. He won't tell me how he bypassed the XP Home
>> logon
>> screen or was able to find the password. Only says it's easy to bypass
>> Microsoft's logon. Where is the security hole and how do I plug it?
>> When I
>> put a password on a machine I want it to mean something! I don't want a
>> 19
>> year old punk to be able to bypass it at will. Some help here would be
>> very
>> much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Neil
>> shefmail@tampabay.rr.com_nospam
>>
>>
>>
>
> You can bypass the logon screen in safe mode and logon with a default
> admin
> account (by pressing the delete key twice in safe mode)which you cannot
> remove.
> This is there incase you have errors loging in and need to access the
> computer to correct the problem.
> Other than throwing the 19 yo. out of the house I don't know how you
> can stop it.
>

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