Re: FN-FORUM: Windows XP asking for password when none was set up

date posted 28th January 2005 23:28

> It squares the size
> of the probem-space for anyone trying to hack your machine.

Not really, the SID is simple to work out.

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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Windows XP asking for password when none was set up


>
> In freelance.forum, Lists [EMAIL REMOVED] (Lists) wrote in
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> >All Windows NT-XP machines have an Administrator account (although it can
be
> >renamed).
>
> Not only *can* it be renamed- it *should* be renamed. It squares the size
> of the probem-space for anyone trying to hack your machine.
>
> Of course, make sure *you* can remember it.....
>
> The best way to remember passwords I've found is to make them out of a
> phrase- easy to remember, but hard to guess, e.g.
>
> Water=H20
>
> Note it also has the recommended mix of upper and lower case letters,
> numbers and specials.
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