Re: system administrator
From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 02/07/05
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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 08:52:35 -0500
duchessnukem wrote:
> I helped a friend install a new XP Home. Their bratty teenager
> hijacked the machine and made herself the administrator. She won't
> give up the password. Is a new install the only way around this? How
> do I set her parents as the administrators when I reinstall?
>
> Thanks.
See
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm
and/or
http://securityadmin.info/db/faqresults.asp?keyword=password&SType=AnyWord&CATID=Optional
and/or
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
Then, put a BIOS password on the box, make sure only the parents know it.
Set the default administrator password to something only the parents know (I
believe you have to go into safe mode to do this in XP Home, but I'm not
sure)
Make the kid's account a limited user account only (if, indeed, she is to
have an account at all - I wouldn't give her one, at least not until she's
done being grounded for a month with no TV, phone privileges, etc.)
Make the parents' accounts admin accounts - and make sure only they know
their own passwords.
Make the passwords at least 8 characters, a combination of letters &
numbers, and mixed case.
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