Friday, February 14, 2003

Windows XP Passwords Rendered Useless. Noted Windows analyst Brian Livingston reports that inserting a Windows 2000 CD into an XP system gives complete admin access to that system, even without a password. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis] It never ends, does it?  5:35:48 PM    comment []

Preventing MS SQL Server 2000 from starting up When you install SQL Server, it installs 3 services that start up when you start your computer.  These services are named: MSSQLSERVER MSSQLServerADHelper SQLSERVERAGENT The MSSQLServerADHelper and SQLSERVERAGENT services are easy to prevent from starting up.  You just go to their Properties in the Services Control Panel applet and change them to a Manual Startup Type.  However, MSSQLSERVER will continue to start if you set it to Manual. I have no idea why this happens.  The only way I've found to prevent it from starting automatically is to set it to Disabled.  This will prevent it from stating up at boot.  However, you have to set the service back to Manual if you want to start it.  I usually just set it to Manual, start it, then immediately set it back to Disabled so I don't forget to do it when I turn off my computer again.   11:55:17 AM    comment []

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