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xpuser
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      12-15-2009

I am looking any preferably authoritative information that discusses
vulnerabilities, known or otherwise, about an active 'guest' account in
Vista.

My own google search could not find discussions.

In fact, I am hoping there is evidence that the 'guest' account is
hackable, since there is a claim that it was used to send email from a
notebook, and the email is considered to be in violation of some law.

 
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gls858
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      12-15-2009

xpuser wrote:
> I am looking any preferably authoritative information that discusses
> vulnerabilities, known or otherwise, about an active 'guest' account in
> Vista.
>
> My own google search could not find discussions.
>
> In fact, I am hoping there is evidence that the 'guest' account is
> hackable, since there is a claim that it was used to send email from a
> notebook, and the email is considered to be in violation of some law.
>


It's always best to disable it. Did you have a strong password on it?
No password? If that's the case then ANYBODY could have used the guest
account.

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