Limited users changing themselves to admin

[Toni]

I don't know if this has come up but here is my question.
I want to know if there is any way to prevent another user
(limited account) from going into Control Panel and making
themselves an Admin account. On this PC, I am the only
Admin but my friend keeps changing himself to an Admin as
well. How do I stop him or can I?

[Jupiter Jones]

Ton;
Are you sure that is what he is doing?
Maybe he reboots to Safe Mode, selects Administrator and from there
changes his profile to Administrator.
If you want full control of the computer, you need to control ALL
administrators including the Safe Mode Administrator.

--
Jupiter Jones
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.


"Toni" > wrote in message
...
> I don't know if this has come up but here is my question.
> I want to know if there is any way to prevent another user
> (limited account) from going into Control Panel and making
> themselves an Admin account. On this PC, I am the only
> Admin but my friend keeps changing himself to an Admin as
> well. How do I stop him or can I?

[Alex V.]

Is your Sys-Admin account password protected? If so, and you are using
XP, I say your friend has your password. I did just watch a host on
The Screen Savers this week run a program which sniffs-out these
passwords. Try changing your password to something which is not a word
in the dictionary and has numbers and symbols in it. Other than
that... I'm clueless. Good luck.

"Toni" > wrote in message >...
> I don't know if this has come up but here is my question.
> I want to know if there is any way to prevent another user
> (limited account) from going into Control Panel and making
> themselves an Admin account. On this PC, I am the only
> Admin but my friend keeps changing himself to an Admin as
> well. How do I stop him or can I?

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Limited users _can't_ do this. Have you password-protected the
built-in Administrator account?

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
----
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


"Toni" > wrote in message
...
> I don't know if this has come up but here is my question.
> I want to know if there is any way to prevent another user
> (limited account) from going into Control Panel and making
> themselves an Admin account. On this PC, I am the only
> Admin but my friend keeps changing himself to an Admin as
> well. How do I stop him or can I?

[Roger Abell {MVP}]

at the cnd prompt enter=20
net localgroup administrators
Do you know every account that gets listed ?
Have you placed a strong password on every one ?
Have you changed those passwords lately ?

The only kind of account that can make an account=20
an admin is another admin account.
There are a few exploits whereby a local plain user=20
account can get elevated privs, and then make themselves=20
an admin. Are to fully up-to-date on service pack and=20
security bulletin releases ?

--=20
Roger Abell
MS MVP (Security, Windows), MCDBA, MCSE both
Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Toni" > wrote in message =
...
> I don't know if this has come up but here is my question. =20
> I want to know if there is any way to prevent another user
> (limited account) from going into Control Panel and making=20
> themselves an Admin account. On this PC, I am the only=20
> Admin but my friend keeps changing himself to an Admin as=20
> well. How do I stop him or can I?