Re: Login to other user profile..

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From: Zul (mlist_at_istar.com.my)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:22:09 +0800

Thanks for the input ... :-)

"Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@nospam-comcast.net> wrote in message
news:uoVuQEBDFHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> You possibly could if the user's EFS private key is still on the computer
> which often it is. In Windows 2000 all you have to do is use a utility to
> reset the built in administrators account password, logon as the
> administrator and reset the users password to access their encrypted files
> or just use the administrator account to decrypt the files if it is the
> Recovery Agent for the file. Windows XP Pro does not require a Recovery
> Agent and if you reset the password on a local account you will not be
> able to access the files but you could logon as admin, install a password
> cracker to obtain the users password, logon as the user and decrypt the
> files. In default configuration Windows 2000 and XP Pro store local user
> passwords in lm hash which can usually be cracked unless the password is
> very long and complex. If lm hash has been disabled it will be much more
> difficult to impossible to crack complex passwords. If the computer is XP
> Pro, and the user that has the EFS files is logged on with cached domain
> credentials then the EFS files are safe unless assuming the domain policy
> enforced reasonably strong passwords. --- Steve
>
>
> "Admiral Q" <Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NOSPAM)@(SPAMNOT)hotmail.com> wrote in
> message news:uihCoJADFHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> You can even access the "encrypted" files if you know where to extract
>> the
>> CERT from.
>>
>> --
>> Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your service!
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>>
>> ***********************************************
>>
>> "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@nospam-comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:e#moco7CFHA.2632@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> Gosh I hope not. No you will need the credentials for the other user. Of
>>> course any user with physical access to a computer can access just about
>>> anything with the possible exception of encrypted files. --- Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> "Zul" <mlist@istar.com.my> wrote in message
>>> news:ucGVqPmCFHA.3416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > Can I login to other user profile on the same pc without knowing that
>> user
>>> > password ?
>>> >
>>> > Thank you.
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Zul
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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