Windows Security...

bikebikemike · 8 months

if you are running windows 98 in 2011 i dont think you are that worried about security

PatternOfKnives · 8 months

When I go back in time this will be really handy!

glassuser · 8 months

That's because it's not a security dialog. It's a network authentication dialog. You still can't get access to domain resources.

comradeTJH · 8 months

The Username/Passwort is only needed to access files on the network. You could actually get to the explorer just by clicking cancel.

Lalipox · 8 months

Forgot your password? Here's an overly elaborate solution where you can't help but question "Who found this out?!"

waffels · 8 months

Or you could boot to a flash drive and reset the admin password with a free program.

Qayl · 8 months

The seniorgif.com logo is pretty anoying

Snorglefractions · 8 months

I hear it's a little bit better these days.

ItsGotToMakeSense · 8 months

In other news, if you wait until your neighbor falls asleep you can take anything you want out of his cave.

Iamkraze · 8 months

was it 95 or 98 that you simply had to just press cancel to see the desktop?

niton · 8 months

This is at least 10 years old...

angrathias · 8 months

You think thats impressive?, the iphone one where you use the camera to bypass the pin is just ridiculous

ForeverAlone2SexGod · 8 months

GUYS GUYS!

Winbloze sucks and has terrible security. here is a gif from the 90s that proves it!

83overzero · 8 months

I had an old imac (one the of the nicely colored ones) just barely running 10.2. All I had to do to bypass the login screen was hit restart. When it rebooted it would log in automatically with out need for a password.

catheterXXcrazy69 · 8 months

Windows Repost...

lgodsey · 8 months

Timely.

reddit_god · 8 months

That only worked if you had a specific type of printer. Even then, you had to do it every single time and it kept the login and printer stuff open in the background. Not a big deal now, but it killed the system back then.

The proper way to do it was to boot to a command prompt and simply delete the pwl files. No security was required for a command prompt.

In the days of 95/98/Me, this dialogue was not meant to keep you from accessing the computer. It was meant to keep you from accessing network resources, which it did wonderfully. Just like today, accessing the local computer was trivial no matter what authentication scheme is in place. These days we just like to pretend that 5 minutes worth of work is more of a barrier than 30 seconds worth.

ArbitraryPerseveranc · 8 months

No need for all of that on such an old version of Windows. I remember saying to myself "hey, I'll put a password on so my brother doesn't go on my computer and fill it with viruses". I come home from school and there he is on my computer. All he did when the password prompt came up was hit "cancel" and it logged in anyway :/

specialk16 · 8 months

Bringing this out is the same as people who still joke about Macs having only one click.

ajree210 · 8 months

Anyone else hum the Epic Maneuver music while watching this?

GoodMusicTaste · 8 months

Also, windows xp and its default hidden administrator user with no password.

darkplumb90 · 8 months

Older than the internet. Not to mention there were similar issues on macs as well (if you had an OSX reinstall disc, pop it in and hit "reset password" and it did it without asking any questions)

basec0m · 8 months

You need SP 24987389764786373

rschnell · 8 months

There are just as egregious security flaws in mac oses from over a decade ago as well. This is pretty asinine.

GunslingerBara · 8 months

I used this exact trick in my high school to get past the login prompt. After a bit of messing around, I almost got expelled due to "accidentally" deleting a bunch of public, shared files that just happened to be teacher records. I ended up paying $100 to pay for the backup restoration and banned from using the school computers until I graduated.

tldr: "Hacked" high school computer, paid fine and got banned from using them ever again.

TDEP · 8 months

tl;dw

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