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Reminds me of the trick in windows 98, where you could by pass the password input screen by opening help and open file dialog.

• orangepurple 3y ago
  You can do that (Win95) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UfNlRe-goY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UfNlRe-goY Or you can hit cancel (Win98) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHgjN_RwH6g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHgjN_RwH6g Or can you simply close the password dialog and wait (Win98) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk_SKw9hOpQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk_SKw9hOpQ
  • dfox 3y ago
    Except on Windows for Workgroups and Windows 9x/ME the fact that you can dismiss the login dialog is intentional feature, so bypassing it through help is just a more convoluted way of doing something that should be possible. It is feature because the login window is there primarily as an single sign on mechanism for remote network services (which obviously would not work when you just dismiss it) and there is no security boundary between local user profiles.
    • golergka 3y ago
      May be, but it was used as a security mechanism in my high school so that we couldn't use our computers nor in designated time.