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allexif
October 5th, 2008, 05:45 PM
Hello! I need to find out how to put a password on my computer (something like the logon password) to deny my friends of logging in my windows XP Home Edition computer. I need some program (free or not) to block my windows without a posibillity of breaking into it. Sorry for my bad english. (I heared that the account password protection from windows xp is easily breakable, weak and I need something better and harder to brake). Thanks!!! :)
Peter2150
October 5th, 2008, 11:28 PM
If your friends are tech savy you are going to need to deny access to the computer. Either that or use disk encryption which carries it's own risk.

I would also comment if you have to worry about your friends, the I personally wouldn't call them friends.

Pete
HURST
October 6th, 2008, 07:18 AM
Set a password to the admin account (which has no password by default) and unless your "friends" are experts, that's pretty much all you need.
Peter2150
October 6th, 2008, 08:51 AM
-{ Quote: "Set a password to the admin account (which has no password by default) and unless your "friends" are experts, that's pretty much all you need." }-

Not sure I would call myself an expert, but with a few readily available tools, that password was a non issue getting into a machine, I needed to get into.
jrmhng
October 6th, 2008, 12:14 PM
-{ Quote: "Not sure I would call myself an expert, but with a few readily available tools, that password was a non issue getting into a machine, I needed to get into." }-
I've tested this on my own computer and it is not very diffcult with easy passwords however if you use a longer passwords with a large chatacter set, it is a lot more time consuming.
Peter2150
October 6th, 2008, 12:40 PM
-{ Quote: "I've tested this on my own computer and it is not very diffcult with easy passwords however if you use a longer passwords with a large chatacter set, it is a lot more time consuming." }-

The tool I used didn't crack the password. You booted to a CD, and just following a few steps changed the password to what you wanted. Didn't need the one in place. Once done I booted to safe mode, logged in the Admin account, and from there owned the machine.

All over it took about 8 minutes.

Pete


PS For anyone curious, the machine belong to a church and all the parties who had set it up were gone. Nothing sinister.:D