Change the Administrator account name in XP to prevent hacker attacks (minimum security enhancement)

Source: Internet
Author: User
There is a built-in Administrator Account in the computer running Windows XP family edition and Professional Edition, named "Administrator". In this way, assume that a hacker is attacking your computer, then he (maybe her) only needs to break down your login password. Of course, we do not want to provide such convenience for hackers, and we have to make them more difficult to attack. In fact, changing the default name of the Built-in Administrator account can add more obstacles to hackers.
First, let's take a look at how to change the Administrator account name in Windows XP Home Edition. The procedure is as follows.
1. Click Start | run. In the run dialog box, enter control userpasswords2, as shown in 1, and then click OK.

Figure 1
2. In the "User Account" dialog box, select the "Administrator" account under "Local User", as shown in 2, and click "properties.

Figure 2
3. In the "Administrator" account attribute dialog box shown in 3, change the name of the Administrator account in the "user name" text box to another name, and then click "OK.

Figure 3

In fact, the method described above also applies to Windows XP Professional Edition. However, there is another way in XP Professional Edition. The procedure is as follows.
1. Open Control Panel in resource manager, and double-click management tools, as shown in figure 4.

Figure 4
If the XP classification view shown in Figure 5 is displayed, "Administrative Tools" is not displayed. You need to click "switch to classic view" on the left side to find it.

Figure 5
2. Double-click "Local Security Policy" in the "Administrative Tools" window, as shown in 6.

Figure 6

3. in the "Local Security Settings" window, select "Security Settings | Local Policy | Security Options" on the left, and double-click "account: Rename System Administrator Account" on the right, as shown in 7.


Figure 7
4. In the "account: Rename System Administrator Account attributes" dialog box shown in 8, change the name of the system administrator account and click "OK.

Figure 8
It should be noted that the method described above only enhances security to the minimum. It is still possible to deal with cainiao hackers, so it is not recommended. A better and safer way is to create another administrator account in the Administrator group, and then disable the existing Built-in Administrator account so that it is not vulnerable to attacks. If you need to re-enable the original Built-in Administrator account, you can restart to security mode, and then log on with the original Built-in Administrator account (that is, Administrator), even if it has been disabled, it does not matter.

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