Re: Vulnerability in IBM Windows XP: default hidden Administrator account allows local Administrator access

[Shawn McMahon <smcmahon () eiv com>]

On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 03:08:34PM -0500, Michael Wilson, Contractor said:
> It is most likely the Vendor Install Customization that has caused this
> issue, as true enough, most vendor installs force you to pick an
> administrator password before using the system.  If the account is hidden,
> then it is definitely IBM's doing as I have never seen a Windows install
> where the administrator account could not be seen under the accounts tab.

Averatec laptop installs of XP Home have it hidden; you have to boot in
Safe Mode to add a password.

The documentation that specifies this is a Microsoft product, so I
suspect it's the same with other installs of Home, but I have only left
the packaged install of XP Home on one machine ever, so I am not at all
sure of this.


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