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I own a HP laptop which recently had its mother board replaced. The machine came with an OEM installation of MS Windows Vista - I didn't reinstall / remove but
by mulander 16y ago
I own a HP laptop which recently had its mother board replaced. The machine came with an OEM installation of MS Windows Vista - I didn't reinstall / remove but I did lock out and changed the password for the 'Administrator' account. To my surprise when the laptop came back from repair (official HP on warranty repair) the Administrator account was unlocked and the recent activity on that account indicated that video files were being run recently from it.
I assume that they must have a way to unlock the account I just hope it's not a full time remote control like mentioned in this article. You can be sure of one thing - I will never buy from HP again.
- MichaelGG 16y agoYou realise you can unlock/reset passwords just by booting a CD? Locked is just a small setting in a file on disk. As far as playing video files, that seems like it might have been part of testing - making sure it can handle a tiny bit of stress.
- mulander 16y agoBy booting an OS from a CD - yes I knew about this. I just hope it isn't a built in 'unlock' utility. If that was the case then OK. I also understand running things to check if they work - that's why I didn't make a problem out of it. I am not OK in changing/running things on the machine without contacting the owner. This makes a user uncomfortable.