re: Lost password
Friday, April 29, 2005 at 6:01 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Steve Boccalatte
(86 messages posted)
Mike,
I found this article here
http://www.briansbuzz.com/w/030213/
Quote......"Windows XP, which has been marketed by Microsoft as "the most secure
version ever," has been found to have a flaw so bone-headed that it renders passwords
ineffective as a means of keeping people out of your PC.
Reader Tony DeMartino alerted me to the problem, which all administrators of Windows
XP machines should immediately take to heart:
Anyone with a Windows 2000 CD can boot up a Windows XP box and start the Windows
2000 Recovery Console, a troubleshooting program.
Windows XP then allows the visitor to operate as Administrator without a password,
even if the Administrator account has a strong password.
The visitor can also operate in any of the other user accounts that may be present
on the XP machine, even if those accounts have passwords.
Unbelievably, the visitor can copy files from the hard disk to a floppy disk or other
removable media - something even an Administrator is normally prevented from doing
when using the Recovery Console."
I know that much the same thing can be done with a knoppix cd.
Hope it helps.
- Written in response to:
- Lost password (Mike Bartlem: Friday, April 29, 2005 at 3:09 am)
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