Yet
A recent posting on internetbusinessdaily.net shows a way to get cmd.exe to run instead of the default screen saver, and if you then issue the net user command to change the administrator password.
This approach is just as flawed as the previous bogus security claims. This only works if you already have administrative privileges, so there is no need to actually do the whole copy routine outlined in the post. Just issue the net user command directly, and you’re done.
Of course, you are only protected if your system uses the NTFS filesystem, as FAT32 doesn’t give you any file level security at all.
Can we now stop with the bogus claims? If you have administrator access, you can change the administrators password. Gee, there’s a surprise…
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How to Hack a Window XP Administrator Password « Scribez, on November 11, 2006 at 3:43pm, said:
[...] Update: Christian Mohn points out this is possible only if you have Local Administrator Privileges. My fault for not checking it up before posting. [...]
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ckdake.com, on March 29, 2007 at 5:44pm, said:
[...] it's false reports and overblown exagerations of supposed security problems. (A friend of mine is fed up with this as [...]
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How to Hack or Crack a Windows XP Administrator Password, on April 1, 2007 at 4:23pm, said:
[...] Christian Mohn points out The Above method is is possible only if you have Local Administrator Privileges. My fault for not [...]
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NIGMA: XP Password Hack, on April 13, 2007 at 3:41am, said:
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How to Hack a Window XP Administrator Password « Scribez, on August 26, 2007 at 1:37am, said:
[...] Christian Mohn points out this is possible only if you have Local Administrator Privileges. My fault for not checking it up [...]
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