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Re: Windows XP / 2K3 Default Users


From: Joey Peloquin <joeyp () cotse net>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:37:46 -0500

s-williams () nyc rr com wrote:
Hello list this might be an easy question to answer but have anyone been sucessful 
in using windows built in default accounts when doing a password audit. I
know  most
xp machines has (help assitant and support_xxxxxxxx). Is their a default
list out
there some where with various vendor OS  passwords, or a way to figure out the
password for these accounts.
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

You can try to crack them through normal means, but it'd likely be a futile
act since a) they are randomized and *extremely* complex (as far as I
recall) and b) even my ~13 year old knows to restrict these accounts.  There
are clueless admins out there though, so, *shrug*.

-jp



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