sptw
02-15-2003, 02:07 AM
Thanks to Warp2Search (http://www.warp2search.net/article.php?sid=10661&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0) for let me know that Administrator Windows XP passwords can be cracked by simply inserting a W2K CD and starting recovery console!
- 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.
Read The entire article Here (http://www.briansbuzz.com/w/030213/)
- 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.
Read The entire article Here (http://www.briansbuzz.com/w/030213/)