Kevin Ar18
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Originally posted by Binary
But it is a security risk!! When you try to log in without knowing either login name or password, the change that you guess both is pretty slim (provided you choose not-so-easy name/password). With the Administrator account you don't have to guess the login name: you already know it. So you only have to guess the password. That's a security risk alright, but in Home Edition you can't do anything about it. BG thinks that security is no issue at home, so...
Originally posted by Binary
But it is a security risk!! When you try to log in without knowing either login name or password, the change that you guess both is pretty slim (provided you choose not-so-easy name/password). With the Administrator account you don't have to guess the login name: you already know it. So you only have to guess the password. That's a security risk alright, but in Home Edition you can't do anything about it. BG thinks that security is no issue at home, so...