OK, someone posted this:
Did you know that the home version of XP has 2 hidden accounts for the Microsoft helpdesk? That's right. When you connect onto the net, they can access your account. You won't find it on your computer unless you have USRMGR, which I do have. I'm not sure if it's on the Professional version, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were. Delete the accounts you say. Well you can't. First off, you can't see them. Second off, they are built into the OS. Who know's what other loopholes they built into XP?
On another forum I frequent. He seems fairly knowledgeable and I certainly wouldn't put it past MS to do somethng like this - getting past the user logon on '98 was as difficult as clicking cancel, after all.
QUESTION: how do I disable access from these supposed accounts? (and any other backdoors not covered by windows update?)
Did you know that the home version of XP has 2 hidden accounts for the Microsoft helpdesk? That's right. When you connect onto the net, they can access your account. You won't find it on your computer unless you have USRMGR, which I do have. I'm not sure if it's on the Professional version, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were. Delete the accounts you say. Well you can't. First off, you can't see them. Second off, they are built into the OS. Who know's what other loopholes they built into XP?
On another forum I frequent. He seems fairly knowledgeable and I certainly wouldn't put it past MS to do somethng like this - getting past the user logon on '98 was as difficult as clicking cancel, after all.
QUESTION: how do I disable access from these supposed accounts? (and any other backdoors not covered by windows update?)