[NYS_Eric]

Wow. (Don't know why I'm surprised, but this must rank right up there with Microsoft security flaws.)

[Jinjelsnaps]

Just goes to show you that nothing's ever truly secure.

As a network admin, I'm more worried about people breaking through my firewall than breaking into my building. But that's what alarm systems are for...

[Quix]

I'm no lawyer . . .

But as I understand it . . .

Microsoft advertised XP as the MOST SECURE EVER etc.

In fact, it's not.

Sounds like grounds for a class action suit, to me.

Would love to see that one go forward with great gusto.

I normally hate such suits. But MS has certainly earned this one.

Aren't there some hungry atny's out there? Shoot, I'd sign on as part of the class!

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[Centurion2000]

If you have physical access to the box you can almost do anything.

How to get around a windows 2000 box.
1) Remove the hard drive from your target machine
2) Put it into another windows 2000 box that you control and have admin acess to.

3) Boot the system and it is reconized as another drive which you have FULL access to.

[VRWC_minion]

"the most secure version ever,"

I believe this is a meaningless statement and there is really no specific claim being made that is actionable. This is like saying the 2003 Taurus is the best car ever made. Without specific there is no claim being made.

If Microsoft said "password protected from any unwanted intrusion" then you might have a case to make.

To think that Microsoft would leave themselves open to a lawsuit is a silly as believing that password systems are fool proof.

[Cold Heat]

The passwords refereed to are for multiple accts on the same computer and are internal, not internet related.

All he could get into is the private desk top of the individual. Good for in house spying, but I do not live in a cubical and anyone knows not to store private stuff on a company computer. Or do you?

Sheesh

[ezo4]

This is stupid. If a person has physical access to a machine. Its all over with for a number of reasons. I carry my own hard drives around just for this reason of saving peoples data when a OS goes belly up.

Mount said secure drive as slave reboot off of your ntfs admin drive and take control of all the content. EOS

[DouglasKC]

When I've spoken with Microsoft security pros about similar problems in the past, they've referred me to a company policy that says, "If a bad guy has unrestricted physical access to your computer, it's not your computer anymore."

This is so true. It's like saying a vault in a bank isn't secure because a bad guy might go in, find the combination written down somewhere, and then unlock the safe.

Give anyone who halfway knows what they're doing access to any system for any length of time and you're data is gone.