password management

  1. TA13-175A: Risks of Default Passwords on the Internet

    Original release date: April 10, 2013 | Last revised: June 24, 2013 Systems Affected Any system using password authentication accessible from the internet may be affected. Critical infrastructure and other important embedded systems, appliances, and devices are of particular concern...
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    Windows 7 Just bought computer (2nd hand) - several problems. (1st post)

    Hi All - This is my 1st post on this Forum. Apologies if I get things wrong. I just bought this computer from a friend who has emigrated. My previous one suffered 'electrical strike' to the MB. So I am getting used to a load of new stuff. (Windows 7, 64 bit) These problems are giving me a lot...
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    Windows 7 Local admin username/password

    Hello all, I work in IT and I run into a problem quite often where we know how to fix the issue but we are unable to because they cannot get connected to the network. We use static IP's as a standard for all computers in order to organize and prevent from being able to used outside of the...
  4. Problems about saved passwords in Internet Explorer 8

    Management/removal of passwords saved in Internet Explorer More...
  5. Windows 8 Windows 8 aims to take pain out of managing passwords

    The upcoming new OS will offer users the ability to store and retrieve their Web site and application passwords through Internet Explorer 10. Link Removed
  6. American's Elect?

    Hi This isn't really about Windows or American's Elect but about the way that stuff works online! Yesterday I was curious about the American't Elect thing, it sounded like a good idea to me. So I went to the web site took the test and became a member. I just watched the guy who founded it on...
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    Windows 7 Cannot activate connections

    I cannot open mail services from the icon in MSN Live Mail or in Yahoo Messenger I also have URL's saved in a Password data file that used to open when I clicked them; now doesn't work I think it has something to do with Permissions. It happened once before and I accidentally corrected it but...
  8. Windows 7 Experiencing Steam Account Hijacking Issues: Persistent Unauthorized Access and Concerns

    Hi I have steam, Last week I noticed my steam account was showing hours of gaming time for games that I always use and some games I haven't played at all. Then the other day I got home and saw "This Account is Currently Being used Elsewhere", and according to my Profile I was playing...
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    Windows 7 Games requiring Admin rights

    Some games (e.g. Spore) REQUIRE Administrator rights to run properly. I have my son setup as a standard user and everytime he wants to play he needs me to come upstairs to "Run as administrator" and enter a password. Is there any way around this, perhaps some way to save the password for just...
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    Windows 7 Here we go again........

    :confused: Once again someone has checked the box that says, "Do not ask me this question again." when presented with the, "Do you want Windows to remember this password?" dialogue. How do I re-enable it in this flavor of Windoze? I did the Tools - Internet Options - Content - Autocomplete -...
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    Windows 7 User Account Automatic Log On

    I read this in the Help file, but it does not work, any ideas how to get it to work?? Turn on automatic logon Turn on automatic logon [This content is preliminary and subject to change.] You can use automatic logon to log on to your computer without having to type a user name or password...
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    Windows Vista Seeing Other Computers and Servers

    I have two Compacs running XP, three Macs running OS10.4.8, a SNAP server running some old version of SNAP OS, and a XIMETA NDAS server. I have installed Vista on a second clean drive of one of the Compacs and that went well. I finally got my network HP printer to be recognized and installed...