Let's be hypothetical.

[Comixion]

Let's just say this person has software that requires an administrative password to do even<BR>the simplest things like, install downloaded software programs blah blah, or even<BR>run a disk defrag or scandisk, and this ahem..person is really irritated about it and he...uhh this<BR>person wants to know if and how to get around it.<BR>Anyone ever had this issue?<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">

[Colin]

Hey Comixion... Damn, that's a noodle scratcher...<BR><BR>I for one don't know how to get around it, but I'll give ya a bump.<BR><BR>Sorry. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">

[NaSTy]

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"><BR><BR>hypothetical <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

[Iceman]

Hypothetially speaking I would format the computer to piss off the hyothetical person who was trying to hypothetically stop me from using my hypothetical computer properly!!<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

[Comixion]

Dam good answer Iceman.<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

[Comixion]

My wish comes true.<BR><BR>Desktop Support is coming to reinstall my OS today. This virus turns out to be "uncleanable" thus<BR>requiring a complete format.<BR>I doubt the new OS (Win2KPro) will have those limitations. (crossing fingers)

[Iceman]

I have my fingers crossed for you!!<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[Comixion]

Finger crossing works. No more limitations!<BR>Evedently in the orig. OS. Something they didnt bother to implement when they reformated.<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"><BR><BR>oh happy Day!

[zaltec]

normally to escape that hypothetical situation...you would easily log in as root with a default command. hypothetically this allows you to change user attributes. a feature nicely built in by M$ proving that even large companies build trapdoors.<BR><BR>the difficult thing in your hypothesis is finding yourself the correct default for your version of software.