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Is it possible to find the guest password remotely ?

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Anonymous
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I need the guest account activated to login and would like to now if
it's possible for someone remotely to find out the password and use the
guest user to login.

Am i vulnerable ?


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Anonymous
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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)

The Guest account is very limited in what it can do, and by default is not part of the Remote Desktop Users Group.

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"JonasPintas" <JonasPintas.1p980s@no-mx.forums.iamnotageek.com> wrote in message news:JonasPintas.1p980s@no-mx.forums.iamnotageek.com...
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> I need the guest account activated to login and would like to now if
> it's possible for someone remotely to find out the password and use the
> guest user to login.
>
> Am i vulnerable ?
>
>
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