I have a question about What's the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows XP?:

The question I have is: There is a flaw in windowsME and versions prior, You can overide the signon(hitting ESC) and start using windows, Is this corrected in 2000, I know it's in XP.

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

Yes.

And... there is a way to force users to log on with Windows 95/98/Me by the way.

Click

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

Are You A Wood Worker ? Click Here

Marcel

No



Win2k Q and A Click Here
C. H. Forum Click Here
Repair Win2k Click Here





On Friday, March 31, 2006 at 4:52 am, Marcel Brillant wrote:

>I have a question about What's 

>the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows XP?:
 The question I have 
is:

>There is a flaw in windowsME and versions prior, You can overide the signon(hitting 

>ESC) and start using windows, Is this corrected in 2000, I know it's in XP.

>

>
 

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

Is that right, Dex? I thought you had to logon to Windows 2000 and you couldn't just press Cancel or Esc. Assuming it's set up with a password to begin with of course. ;-)

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

Are You A Wood Worker ? Click Here

Carl

I may have got his Question wrong .
Sounds like he wants to logon to win2k without a password and just use the cancel 
or esc key to by pass it.
That's why I said "No" 
It's true you can use the Auto Logon but because win2k is a High Security System 
you can by pass it.
The Auto Logon will not ask for a password it will just open the default desktop 
(default user setup)

Did I get his Question wrong ?

Have a good weekend
.


Win2k Q and A Click Here
C. H. Forum Click Here
Repair Win2k Click Here





On Friday, March 31, 2006 at 6:31 am, Carl D wrote:

>Is that right, Dex? I thought you had to logon to Windows 2000 and you couldn't 
just 

>press Cancel or Esc. Assuming it's set up with a password to begin with of course. 

>;-) 

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

Hi Dex, yep - I had to read the Marcel's question a couple of times too. I'm pretty sure he was talking about the problem with Windows 9x that even if you have passwords set up you can still just bypass them by pressing cancel at the logon screen.

This, of course, you cannot do with XP and he wanted to know if it was the same for Windows 2000 which was released nearly 2 years earlier.

Oh well... I'm sure he's got the info he needs now.

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

Yeah, as the heir of NT throne, 2000 won't let you bypass the login without you implicitly telling it to do so. That requires admin priveleges. Or a quick trip to http://ultimatebootcd.com/ which will give you a password changer/registry editor which will THEN give you admin priveleges. But still that's a good question. What are the fundamental differences between 2000 and XP? Never-minding the obvious (and gaudy interface), 2000 and XP are pretty similar. XP has roll-backs and fast user-switching, Product Activation, an easy-to-use firewall, a warm-huggable face, and a 64-bit distro. And it logs time-restricted events. Honestly, x86_64 firepower is the ONLY thing that interests me. And I think I'll wait 'til copies of Vista x64 OEM are available at my preferred retailer (OEM translates into "half the [...]ing price when bought with hardware."). After that, I can smile at the pretty interface and then have BlackBoxLean to tell it to take a hike. XD

Know this that every soul is free.

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

This thread started with a great question and thne went into password stuff.
The difference is this. Last year micorsoft quit free updates for Win 2000. You can still get the last SP3, but for kSP4 you have to pay. For me and a lot of other hungrey geeks, , that is the BIG difference.

Geek9pm

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

win95,98,98se = no activation. i have had them all. activateing XP has been nothing but a hassle. put on hold for hours, disconnected, transfered around for hours..... i want nothing but to play frisby with my copy of XP. QUESTION: does win2000 require activation like XP, or just type in the product key and go? i want nothing to do with XP ever again. i feel 2000 is just as responsible.

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

• Search this forum
• Start a new thread on a different subject

• Report abuse of the forum