SECURE YOUR COMPUTER

[TechMaster]

IF YOU OWN A COMPUTER THAT CAME WITH THE OS PREINSTALLED, YOU NEED TO SECURE YOUR PC! MICROSOFT DOES NOT TELL YOU THAT YOUR ADMIN ACCOUNT IS NOT SECURE. IF YOU BOOT INTO SAFE MODE, YOU WILL SEE THAT YOUR ADMIN ACCOUNT IS NOT SECURE! YOU CAN CLICK ON THE ADMIN ACCOUNT AND LOG IN WITHOUT A PASSWORD! YOU NOW HAVE FULL ACCESS TO EVERYONES ACCOUNT! TO SECURE THIS ACCOUNT, JUST LOG INTO SAFEMODE AND PASSWORD PROTECT YOUR ADMIN ACCOUNT.

AFTER YOU PASSWORD PROTECT YOUR ADMIN ACCOUNT, I WOULD RECCOMEND PASSWORD PROTECTING YOUR BIOS. THIS IS REALLY THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOUR PC AGAINST SOMEONE WHO MIGHT WANT TO HACK INTO YOUR SYSTEM (LOCALLY). THE DOWNSIDE TO THIS IS IF YOU FORGET YOUR BIOS PASSWORD, YOU WILL NEED YOUR MOBO MANUAL TO FIND THE PROPER JUMPER AND SHORT IT OUT IN ORDER TO RESET YOUR BIOS.

I HOPE THIS HELPS EVERYONE THAT DID NOT KNOW THE ABOVE INFO..


TECHMASTER

 

[compdork123]

It is easier to disable the account all together, I have used this *flaw* to rescue systems infected with viruses and other assorted problems. Having the firewall turned on and keeping up with updates (poor microsoft users) and maintained (defrag, virus scans, clean out the fans and case) seems to do more for keeping a system secure and reliable.
Teach more people to use ESD precautions and you will get rid of most of my problems. I cant tell you how much bad ram was never bad at all, just mishandled.