re: Windows 98 SE Logon password security hole
Tuesday, June 12, 2001 at 3:42 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Curt R
(1315 messages posted)
Prevent bypassing network login:
Open your registry and drill down
to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon
and add a DWord called MustBeValidated
and give it a value of 1. If you would like a slightly more secure setup. Add the
MS Family Logon (in network properties) and make it the default logon
On Tue, 12 Jun, 2001 - 15:04, Paul D wrote:
>Logon/passwords in 9x is NOT a security feature, and was never meant to be.
>It is there to enable different users of a machine to have unique settings. I
believe
>there is a registry hack which involves placing a keyword (something like "MustBeValidated")
>somewhere in the registry. Try the MS Knowledge Base.
>On Tue, 12 Jun, 2001 - 9:50, jezerr wrote:
>
>>
>>With profiles enabled under win98se and using the microsoft client for login, if
>>you pick a valid name of a user on the system, type in the incorrect password,
press
>>OK, then it will prompt you again for the correct password, then just press cancel,
>>you will be logged in as that user.
>>It will say the user's name in the start menu as Log Off Jezerr ....
>>and also states it in the System Information tool.
>>Has anyone else seen this or have a fix.
>>Please try this on your system and see if it is not just a bug with the 5 computers
>>or so that I've tried it on, all with windows 98se
>>
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