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Crack Windows XP With... Windows 2000

Posted by timothy on from the if-you're-sitting-at-the-machine-anyhow dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to this story seen on Brian's Buzz on Windows, access to a Windows 2000 CD is all that is needed to bypass all (well, most) Windows XP security features. An attacker can boot up XP and start the Windows 2000 Recovery Console which allows them to operate as any user, even Administrator, without requiring them to enter a password. This method even allows someone to copy files to removable media, something which normally the Administrator can't even do in the Recovery Console."

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  1. unrestricted physical access by naejulak · · Score: 0, Troll

    "If a bad guy has unrestricted physical access to your computer, it's not your computer anymore." Yeah, well if a bad guy has unrestricted physical access to your asshole, it's not your asshole anymore. That doesn't mean you lube your ass up every morning and pass out condoms and KY to everyone you see.

  2. Re:So what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll



    {snotty yuppie voice}
    Niether does my bottom of the line merc
    {/snotty yuppie voice}

    FOAD arrogant yuppie scum! When the class war comes my steal-toe capped DM's will smash yer upper class teeth down your cum gobbling throat! Some harley street dentist is gonna make a helluva lot of money fixin' up your teeth.

  3. FUCK YOU SLASHDOT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Go ahead. Waste a mod point modding me down. I dare you!

  4. HITLER RAN WINXP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    mods waste a point on me please. linux sux.

  5. WINXP KILLS JEWS AND SUCKS NIGGER COCK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    mod me down pls, waste that mod point. you know you want to.