Xp passwords rendered useless

[daniel]

Some of you know I had a thumb or 2 in the pie when Tek was deciding whether to go with xp or 2k. I'm a 2k happy pup but I'm not here for another round of barking. Just here to spread this information and hopefully people will benefit from it.

http://www.briansbuzz.com/w/030213/

 

[Demon Hunter]

/me pets his win2k

 

[Kohael <PC>]

I thought it was a given that physical access to a machine gave you the ability to break into it....

 

[amorphus88]

of course, who needs CD drives anyways?

this is easily preventable. watch this :

Amorphus flips a hidden switch in the back which is hooked up in series to Mr. Green PSU Wire.

uh oh. Computer will never turn on again. wait!

Amorphus flips it again.

Amorphus turns on the computer.

Oh good!

 

[Guest]

The humor in this is that I was originally planning to re-format and install Windows XP this coming week. -_- Perhaps I'll just wait until Microsoft decides to fix this GAPING SECURITY HAZARD. *cough* Sorry.