Completely remove a user's password

[Guest]

Short question: how do you remove all references to a user's password in XP?

Long story:
I have been using Windows Vista in a dual-boot since March. However, I have
been leaving all of my documents in my user account on the XP partition.
Well, this XP user account is password protected and, even though I used the
same username and password in Vista, the files in the XP user folder were
read-only in Vista but accessible by going through UAC. At the same time,
the XP All Users user files are fully accessible from Vista, I'm guessing
because there's no password on that account (of course).

So...I decided to remove the password from my XP account in hopes that it
would allow me free access from Vista. However, I know that simply removing
the password in XP from the User Account panel in Control Panel does not
remove all references to that user's password. I just don't know how to
actually do so. Can someone please point me in the right direction to remove
all references to a user's password in XP? Thanks

 

[Guest]

You need to add the Vista user's ID to the NTFS rights of folders (and
subfolders/comntents) you need to access. Since users on the two installs
will have different SIDs, you need to do this in Vista, not XP.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the heads-up, Ian. Next question: how do I do that? Thanks again.

 

[Guest]

If you right-click the folder, under 'Properties' you should see a security
tab.


Add your current user. Or just add 'Everyone' if no-one else needs to be
kept out.

You might have to take ownership in order to do this. (also on same tab)

 

[Guest]

Ian,

I'm not sure I follow. If I right-click the user folder in XP (C:\Documents
and Settings\Jordan), I see the Sharing tab (no security tab). On here, I
can check "Share this folder on the network", but I don't think that's what
you're referring to. Am I missing something? Thanks again.