I agree I think MS is bad enought to do this to XP on purpose, they screwd thier customers with WPA, and I'm supposed to think that they wouldn't leave thier customers vulnerable? lol
I'm kind of an old fashion kinda guy, and I say without a CD-rom/floppy drive how will you be able to install Linux? I know there is the Bios network install, but I just don't trust it, I never used it, and it's a new technology wait several years, until the technology is really tested, but for now, I'll stick to Cd-rom's and floppies. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 9:37 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) XP Passwords Useless!!!! > 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. > >
