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Strange hole in security
Hi
I have recently installed Windows 7 on my PC, which is used by myself and the kids. I set myself up as administrator, and the kids account as standard user. Now I am used to Windows XP (never had anything to do with Vista), where the administrators files are private, but the administrator can see all files of all users. Win 7 doesn't seem to do this tho, but even more worryingly I found the weirdest security hole (or should I say my 12 year old daughter did).
If logged on as kids (standard user) they can go to the user accounts settings in control panel, and change my password for administrator (without entering any password). Then they just log in as me, and change their account to administrator... Strangely though, if I wish to change my own password, I have to enter my current password.
This cant be right can it??
Sorry for waffling, but this had got me completely miffed