OT: security

[Kenneth Brody]

On 3/1/2011 1:53 PM, Rkreiss at verizon.net] wrote:
> One of my friends is a VP with Bank of America.  They just gave him a new laptop and let him keep the one being replaced.  This is a Dell downgarded from Vista to Win XP pro.
>
> He dropped off the computer with me to reinstall an OS as this machine has been "clamped down" so he can't install any software without admin password

I assume you are referring to the old laptop, which is now his?

You could, of course, simply remove the admin password and/or make his login 
an admin account.  Takes less than 5 minutes if you can boot from CD.

BTDTGTTS.

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Kenneth Brody