Re: Windows XP / 2K3 Default Users

From: Joey Peloquin (joeyp@cotse.net)
Date: Wed Oct 25 2006 - 16:37:46 EDT


s-williams@nyc.rr.com wrote:
> Hello list this might be an easy question to answer but have anyone been sucessful
>in using windows built in default accounts when doing a password audit. I
know most
>xp machines has (help assitant and support_xxxxxxxx). Is their a default
list out
>there some where with various vendor OS passwords, or a way to figure out the
>password for these accounts.
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

You can try to crack them through normal means, but it'd likely be a futile
act since a) they are randomized and *extremely* complex (as far as I
recall) and b) even my ~13 year old knows to restrict these accounts. There
are clueless admins out there though, so, *shrug*.

-jp

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