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| | Re: remove the password stored "SalvaCar" <salvador.carrero@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23e19NiMcJHA.1328@xxxxxx Quote: >I need to know if a manager has done with the user login on a PC and saved >credentials. I would like to run a script on all computers. |
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| | Re: remove the password stored I think some amdinistrador has recorded his credentials in any of the PC business, and I run a script on all PCs and eliminate those credentials. "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%233UBzfOcJHA.1760@xxxxxx Quote: > > "SalvaCar" <salvador.carrero@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%23e19NiMcJHA.1328@xxxxxx Quote: >>I need to know if a manager has done with the user login on a PC and saved >>credentials. I would like to run a script on all computers. > Sorry, I don't understand. Can you reword/expand your explanation? > |
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| | Re: remove the password stored "SalvaCar" <salvador.carrero@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OPDmy1OcJHA.1760@xxxxxx Quote: >I think some amdinistrador has recorded his credentials in any of the PC >business, and I run a script on all PCs and eliminate those credentials. possibilities, including: - he wrote his account and password in a text file saved on the desktop of his local profile; - he wrote his account and password in a text file saved on the all user desktop for everyone to see; - he has logged in on a workstation and his credentials are now cached there; - while logged onto an account he controls he has browsed to a site asking for alternate credentials and entered them, checking the "remember my password" box. - while logged onto someone else's account he has browsed to a site asking for alternate credentials and entered them, checking the "remember my password" box. Some of these are security issues and some are not. Which of these is your situation? If none please try to give more detail. /Al Quote: > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%233UBzfOcJHA.1760@xxxxxx Quote: >> >> "SalvaCar" <salvador.carrero@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:%23e19NiMcJHA.1328@xxxxxx Quote: >>>I need to know if a manager has done with the user login on a PC and >>>saved credentials. I would like to run a script on all computers. >> Sorry, I don't understand. Can you reword/expand your explanation? >> |
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| | Re: remove the password stored Saving your password when trying to enter a network folder. "Al Dunbar" <alandrub@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23slrFHPcJHA.4664@xxxxxx Quote: > > "SalvaCar" <salvador.carrero@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:OPDmy1OcJHA.1760@xxxxxx Quote: >>I think some amdinistrador has recorded his credentials in any of the PC >>business, and I run a script on all PCs and eliminate those credentials. > In what manner has he "recorded his credentials"? I can think of a number > of possibilities, including: > > - he wrote his account and password in a text file saved on the desktop of > his local profile; > - he wrote his account and password in a text file saved on the all user > desktop for everyone to see; > - he has logged in on a workstation and his credentials are now cached > there; > - while logged onto an account he controls he has browsed to a site asking > for alternate credentials and entered them, checking the "remember my > password" box. > - while logged onto someone else's account he has browsed to a site asking > for alternate credentials and entered them, checking the "remember my > password" box. > > Some of these are security issues and some are not. Which of these is your > situation? If none please try to give more detail. > > /Al > > Quote: >> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:%233UBzfOcJHA.1760@xxxxxx Quote: >>> >>> "SalvaCar" <salvador.carrero@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news:%23e19NiMcJHA.1328@xxxxxx >>>>I need to know if a manager has done with the user login on a PC and >>>>saved credentials. I would like to run a script on all computers. >>> >>> Sorry, I don't understand. Can you reword/expand your explanation? >>> > |
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| | Re: remove the password stored "SalvaCar" <salvador.carrero@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OmO%23BOPcJHA.1528@xxxxxx Quote: > Saving your password when trying to enter a network folder. remotely or otherwise. That said, do you have any evidence that this has happened, or that it causes problems? If the password is stored in the local profile of an account that the administrator has exclusive access of, I would think this to be a manageable, and likely acceptable risk. /Al Quote: > "Al Dunbar" <alandrub@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%23slrFHPcJHA.4664@xxxxxx Quote: >> >> "SalvaCar" <salvador.carrero@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:OPDmy1OcJHA.1760@xxxxxx Quote: >>>I think some amdinistrador has recorded his credentials in any of the PC >>>business, and I run a script on all PCs and eliminate those credentials. >> In what manner has he "recorded his credentials"? I can think of a number >> of possibilities, including: >> >> - he wrote his account and password in a text file saved on the desktop >> of his local profile; >> - he wrote his account and password in a text file saved on the all user >> desktop for everyone to see; >> - he has logged in on a workstation and his credentials are now cached >> there; >> - while logged onto an account he controls he has browsed to a site >> asking for alternate credentials and entered them, checking the "remember >> my password" box. >> - while logged onto someone else's account he has browsed to a site >> asking for alternate credentials and entered them, checking the "remember >> my password" box. >> >> Some of these are security issues and some are not. Which of these is >> your situation? If none please try to give more detail. >> >> /Al >> >> Quote: >>> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news:%233UBzfOcJHA.1760@xxxxxx >>>> >>>> "SalvaCar" <salvador.carrero@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>>> news:%23e19NiMcJHA.1328@xxxxxx >>>>>I need to know if a manager has done with the user login on a PC and >>>>>saved credentials. I would like to run a script on all computers. >>>> >>>> Sorry, I don't understand. Can you reword/expand your explanation? >>>> >>> >> |
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| | Re: remove the password stored Thanks "Al Dunbar" <alandrub@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uVlqSFRcJHA.1704@xxxxxx Quote: > > "SalvaCar" <salvador.carrero@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:OmO%23BOPcJHA.1528@xxxxxx Quote: >> Saving your password when trying to enter a network folder. > Sorry, but I do not know where that is stored, or how to unstore it, > remotely or otherwise. > > That said, do you have any evidence that this has happened, or that it > causes problems? If the password is stored in the local profile of an > account that the administrator has exclusive access of, I would think this > to be a manageable, and likely acceptable risk. > > /Al > Quote: >> "Al Dunbar" <alandrub@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:%23slrFHPcJHA.4664@xxxxxx Quote: >>> >>> "SalvaCar" <salvador.carrero@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news:OPDmy1OcJHA.1760@xxxxxx >>>>I think some amdinistrador has recorded his credentials in any of the PC >>>>business, and I run a script on all PCs and eliminate those credentials. >>> >>> In what manner has he "recorded his credentials"? I can think of a >>> number of possibilities, including: >>> >>> - he wrote his account and password in a text file saved on the desktop >>> of his local profile; >>> - he wrote his account and password in a text file saved on the all user >>> desktop for everyone to see; >>> - he has logged in on a workstation and his credentials are now cached >>> there; >>> - while logged onto an account he controls he has browsed to a site >>> asking for alternate credentials and entered them, checking the >>> "remember my password" box. >>> - while logged onto someone else's account he has browsed to a site >>> asking for alternate credentials and entered them, checking the >>> "remember my password" box. >>> >>> Some of these are security issues and some are not. Which of these is >>> your situation? If none please try to give more detail. >>> >>> /Al >>> >>> >>>> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>>> news:%233UBzfOcJHA.1760@xxxxxx >>>>> >>>>> "SalvaCar" <salvador.carrero@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>>>> news:%23e19NiMcJHA.1328@xxxxxx >>>>>>I need to know if a manager has done with the user login on a PC and >>>>>>saved credentials. I would like to run a script on all computers. >>>>> >>>>> Sorry, I don't understand. Can you reword/expand your explanation? >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> > |
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