On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 11:09, Johnny Stork wrote: > WOW!!!! But nothing really surprising I guess...just an addendum to my long list of >why my use of Windows OS's ended with Win2k > > http://www.briansbuzz.com/w/030213/
Even with 2000, it is trivial to change the administrator password with a program for changing the Windows NT Administrator password. Given physical access to a box and even an MSCE can hack it. Having to know the Administrator Password from the Recovery Console for the most part is just an annoyance for repair shops. I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft shipped XP this way on purpose. Linux is no different. That's why servers generally should not have floppy drives or cdrom drives. Encrypted file systems help as well.
