Yes the administrator is disabled by default.
Andrew Scott Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 8676 4223 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Fraser Sent: Wednesday, 7 November 2007 7:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT: Vista Issue @Andrew, I installed this computer and if thats the options selected it wasn't obvious that I shouldn't do this, Vista should stop users doing stupid things. Im pretty sure that on XP the Administrator account was not disabled by default. Regards Dale Fraser http://learncf.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Scott Sent: Tuesday, 6 November 2007 9:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT: Vista Issue Well, Anyone who creates an account, and then changes it so that the user can't change their password and that the account expires, is not very intelligent. As for the administrator account, this was also the same on Windows XP it is always disabled by default. Not sure the same tricks for Windows XP exist for Vista, but a reinstall / update will fix it. On 11/6/07, Dale Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Ok, > > > > Off topic I know but I've googled a lot and can't find the answer to this. > > > > Have a user who is on Vista Business. Stand alone, no domain controller etc. > His password expired, when he tries to change it, it gives him permission > denied. From references I did find, I think the account might have been > setup with Password Expiry and Do Not Allow User to Change Password. > > > > Now if this is the case, then Vista is just stupid for allowing this, but to > top this off I was thinking CTRL ALT DEL from login twice, get the full > login, login as Administrator. Nope, they got rid of this in Vista, and > disabled the Administrator account by default. > > > > So I have one account on this machine with an expired password and no idea > how to change it. > > > > Regards > > Dale Fraser > > > > http://learncf.com > > > > > -- Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 8676 4223 Mobile: 0404 998 273 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
