Reproducing the printer hack of Windows 95

Re:Reproducing the printer hack of Windows 95 by xenadu02 on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @12:47AM (#40048464)

The "login" dialog on Windows 95 was just providing network credentials. Windows 95 is a single-user OS. There is no actual login or security.

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Re:Reproducing the printer hack of Windows 95 by phire on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @07:44AM (#40050810)

Technically True.

But there was an optional registry key that prevents the user from doing anything until after you were logged into the network. So practically, it was a login dialog.

But still no security.

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Re:Reproducing the printer hack of Windows 95 by nubinetwork on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @12:58PM (#40054407)

This, you could literally press escape to login.

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Re:Reproducing the printer hack of Windows 95 by valleyer on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @05:01AM (#40062132)

The herein linked article discusses disabling that option, and the animated GIF linked at the beginning shows it not working.

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Re:Reproducing the printer hack of Windows 95 by Kwpolska on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @02:30PM (#40055536)

Windows 9x does let users have separate profiles with their own files and settings, even if they aren’t super secure.

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