During a Windows 2000 Professional installation, I discovered a file that contained sensitive information. I installed Win2K Pro and Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 on a workstation in my network without a problem. After I completed the installation process, I found a file in the root directory called tempsetup.txt. (Figure 1 shows a sample file.) This file contains the user account and password of the account that set up the system—my administrative account. I suggest deleting this file before you hand over the system to the user.
—Tulus Dharmasto Basuki
tiddy@engineer.com
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After reading your article I performed a search of my Windows 2000 Professional machine and could not find the file. (Tempsetup.txt) I did make sure that I was able to view all system protected files and hidden files. I would suggest that this file probably gets deleted on a reboot. Can you clarify ?
Thomas Llewellyn March 14, 2001