JF Pivonka <jpivonka (at) earthlink (dot) net [email concealed]> spoke:
> ref:
> http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/focus-ms/2002-12/00
58.html
>
> No security experience here, but I am a cautious, new user of XP Pro.
> In exploring ways to secure the OS, on a client machine, a note about
> ways to hide UserNames through registry settings caught my attention. (
> http://is-it-true.org/nt/xp/registry/rtips13.shtml ). Checking the
> indicated registry key I found seven (7!) "hidden" users - more than I
> am comfortable with. One of these is TsInternetUser. (NetShowServices
http://www.scorpions.net/~fygrave/grab_winup.vbs -- will probably show you
more users (and passwords) which you aren't aware of.
> ref:
> http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/focus-ms/2002-12/00
58.html
>
> No security experience here, but I am a cautious, new user of XP Pro.
> In exploring ways to secure the OS, on a client machine, a note about
> ways to hide UserNames through registry settings caught my attention. (
> http://is-it-true.org/nt/xp/registry/rtips13.shtml ). Checking the
> indicated registry key I found seven (7!) "hidden" users - more than I
> am comfortable with. One of these is TsInternetUser. (NetShowServices
http://www.scorpions.net/~fygrave/grab_winup.vbs -- will probably show you
more users (and passwords) which you aren't aware of.
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