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Wow. This is fun. I remember my Windows98 had the same feature. You just use Administrator with empty password and you're in. Apple is finally catching up.

by zaro 9y ago

pkaye 9y ago
Did Windows98 even have administrator role? I mean FAT file systems don't even have file ownership right?
- lerpa 9y ago
  It did. But didn't have security tied to the fs.
romanovcode 9y ago
Exactly my thoughts. I remember this, I think even early versions of WinXP had this feature.
- Grollicus 9y ago
  Exactly early versions of Windows XP had this: They removed the Administrator user from their graphical login splash but when booted in rescue mode ("Safe mode") you could just type in "Administrator" with no password and were in. On Win98, you could just cancel the login.
anon1253 9y ago
I believe hitting "cancel" was enough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE5PRW-AR7Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE5PRW-AR7Q Also reminds me of https://youtu.be/BVL8_ne4WZo?t=19s https://youtu.be/BVL8_ne4WZo?t=19s
- dabernathy89 9y ago
  from the only top-level comment on that video: > That isn't a login screen for Windows 98, it's a login for Microsoft Networking (which the box shows). If you had any shared mapped drives, network privileges, etc they wouldn't work if you cancelled. If you had multiple profiles set up, you wouldn't get those either. Win98 wasn't intended to have password security.
  - anon1253 9y ago
    Good point. Been a while. Windows 7 also has/had an interesting one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwO4YqSc4XE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwO4YqSc4XE but it's much more involved.
ksk 9y ago
AFAIK, its not really a security bug. Windows 98 didn't really have any concept of user security. With the default install you could always cancel out of the login dialog and use the guest account. Every account was an 'administrator'. The user name / pwd was mainly to store the OS customization settings like UI colors and such.
yread 9y ago
it was a feature not a bug. something related to not DoSing yourself by forgetting your password /s

Wow. This is fun. I remember my Windows98 had the same feature. You just use Administrator with empty password and you're in. Apple is finally catching up.

by zaro 9y ago

Wow. This is fun. I remember my Windows98 had the same feature. You just use Administrator with empty password and you're in. Apple is finally catching up.

pkaye 9y ago

Did Windows98 even have administrator role? I mean FAT file systems don't even have file ownership right?

lerpa 9y ago
It did. But didn't have security tied to the fs.

romanovcode 9y ago

Exactly my thoughts. I remember this, I think even early versions of WinXP had this feature.

Grollicus 9y ago
Exactly early versions of Windows XP had this: They removed the Administrator user from their graphical login splash but when booted in rescue mode ("Safe mode") you could just type in "Administrator" with no password and were in. On Win98, you could just cancel the login.

anon1253 9y ago

I believe hitting "cancel" was enough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE5PRW-AR7Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE5PRW-AR7Q Also reminds me of https://youtu.be/BVL8_ne4WZo?t=19s https://youtu.be/BVL8_ne4WZo?t=19s

dabernathy89 9y ago
from the only top-level comment on that video: > That isn't a login screen for Windows 98, it's a login for Microsoft Networking (which the box shows). If you had any shared mapped drives, network privileges, etc they wouldn't work if you cancelled. If you had multiple profiles set up, you wouldn't get those either. Win98 wasn't intended to have password security.
- anon1253 9y ago
  Good point. Been a while. Windows 7 also has/had an interesting one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwO4YqSc4XE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwO4YqSc4XE but it's much more involved.

ksk 9y ago

AFAIK, its not really a security bug. Windows 98 didn't really have any concept of user security. With the default install you could always cancel out of the login dialog and use the guest account. Every account was an 'administrator'. The user name / pwd was mainly to store the OS customization settings like UI colors and such.

yread 9y ago

it was a feature not a bug. something related to not DoSing yourself by forgetting your password /s