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Thanks for the information. The Belarc Advisor is really great. It picked
up some missing updates that Microsoft Security Baseline Adviser missed.
Many thanks.


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kn0tu


"Allan" wrote:

>
> "kn0tu" wrote in message
> news:3E9C3C41-7B7B-4E63-989A-EBDF9D27C8C0@microsoft.com...
> > Allan,
> >
> > 1. During all of this the guest account was disabled. I never enabled it.
> > 2. I changed the PW to the guest account immediately after loading
> > Windows.
> > I was running as Administrator. I have never changed it again.
> >
> > Thanks for your thoughts, they have helped me double check my work.
> >
> > --
> > kn0tu
> >
> >
> > "Allan" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> It is good to know that the Guest account has been disabled and/or a
> password has been set on it. I am actually more inclined to think that this
> may be a programming error but not necessarily a dire security threat. If
> you want to verify further that your settings have not been modified, try
> downloading and running HijackThis :
> http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis . I
> installed it on my own machine this evening in order to try it out and after
> reading your posts. You may want to review all application programs that are
> installed and that run at startup automatically. By the way, do you have a
> local network set up?
> Have you ever run the Belarc Advisor to inventory/audit your computer ? Try
> this link : http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html . Install the Advisor
> and review the output, printed out if desired.
>
>