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09/11/2006 2:47 AM  
Agreed



From:
ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006
7:30 AM
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: admin
account in Vista



Is
it a departure really?



I'm always pretty
sure that the advice has been to avoid writing down your username/password and
storing it in an *insecure*
location (i.e. taped to your monitor at work)



On the other hand,
if you write down the details and store it in a safe place (e.g. place it into
a safe) then surely you are relying on the security of the physical device to
protect you. That may be an acceptable risk. I'm pretty sure if you wrote down
your admin password at home, and stored the piece of paper underneath your
keyboard, you probably wouldn't have that much to worry about (unless you
couldn't trust whoever else was living in the house/unit/apartment). Anyone
breaking into your house has full physical access anyway¦



Cheers

Ken





From:
ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Al Mulnick
Sent: Friday, 8 September 2006
1:36 AM
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: admin
account in Vista



"Write
down your username and password and store it in a safe location."



That's an
interesting departure from the usual recommendations. ;-)



On 9/6/06, Susan
Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] wrote:


Windows Vista
Security : Built-in Administrator Account Disabled:
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsvistasecurity/archive/2006/08/27/windowsvistasecurity_.aspx
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