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by Greg Shultz
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Takeaway:
Make it twice as hard for a potential hacker to get into your system by renaming the Administrator account. Here's how to do so in Windows XP Home and Pro.
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The Administrator account exists on all computers running Windows XP Professional and Home. This gives potential hackers, half the information they need to access your computer—all they have to do is guess your password.
You can make it more difficult for unauthorized persons to get into your system by renaming the Administrator account. Follow these steps for a Windows XP Pro machine:
Go to Control Panel and open Administrative Tools. Double-click the Local Security Policy.
When the Local Security Settings snap-in appears, double-click Accounts: Rename Administrator Account policy.
When the Accounts: Rename Administrator Account Properties dialog box appears, type a new name in the text box, and click OK.
Follow these steps to rename the Administrator account in Windows XP Home:
Press [Windows]R to access the Run dialog box.
In the Open text box, type Control userpasswords2 and click OK to access the User Accounts dialog box.
Select the Administrator Account from the list and click the Properties button.
In the User Name text box, type a new name, and click OK.
Hackers are the people who hack a system in network.
There are three types of hackers.They are :-
1) White-Hat Hackers
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This are the hackers who hack a network to check
the security holes.
He use his knowledge to make better security for users.He share
his knowledge with
others.Ethical hackers or simply hackers are under this group.
2) Black-Hat Hackers
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This are the hackers who hack a network and
distroy all he wants and
he do harm to every one.He works for black undergrounds. He create
viruses,worms and
he bombs anonymous mails,and he uses D.O.S (Denial Of Service)
attack to make a server
hang and become offline.He is called Cracker.If you see some
sites with skulls and some
XXX pictures it can be crackers site.He don't want to share his
knowledge and he want to
misguide newbies to nithing and fed-up with disappointment.
3) Brown-Hat Hackers
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This are the people who are in between Hackers and
Crackers.They some times
hack and else crack.They are cool people and share there
knowledge to there friends or
the people of his country.
Do the following process..... ......... .
Lauch Windows Task Manager.
End wgatray.exe process in Task Manager.
Restart Windows XP in Safe Mode.
Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32 .
Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32 \dllcache.
Lauch RegEdit.
Browse to the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ MicrosoftWindows NT\CurrentVersion\ Winlogon\ Notify
Delete the folder ‘WgaLogon’ and all its contents
Reboot Windows XP.
