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| Thread ID: 41117 | 2003-12-30 22:02:00 | How tough is Win XP Pro Admin Password? | Buck (2980) | Press F1 |
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| 204262 | 2003-12-30 22:02:00 | My friend just had her laptop stolen :-( It has Win Xp Pro on it, and she had set her password as the administrator. How difficult is it for the ##@%^$**#!s who stole it to access her files? | Buck (2980) | ||
| 204263 | 2003-12-30 22:16:00 | It depends on how good a password your friend used. Have a look at this page (www.pcstats.com) for info. | Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 204264 | 2003-12-30 22:19:00 | Uh......Laptops are generally formatted and onsold as quickly as possible.Usually they are moved onto the next owner within 2 to 24 hours. That is if it was taken by someone who "specialises" in laptop theft. |
metla (154) | ||
| 204265 | 2003-12-31 00:34:00 | It's probably not too difficult to read the files ... who needs an XP password when you can use another OS to look at the disk? ;-) Unless she is known to the thief as someone likely to have files which have a "value", they're unlikely to bother. The best hope would be if the BIOS password is enabled and the boot sector write-locked. That would make it difficult to reformat and install another OS. Some manufacturer's service organisations (who can reset the BIOS password) require proof of ownership. So it might be found. |
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