Hidden Users in Windows!!

I know I know!!! this is a very old topic to discuss about but still i would like to write about it. Was rummaging through old topics which i had on my machine and thought would pen something down about this . Any code found on this topic is borrowed and not my own creation if the owner is viewing this i apologize and that it is used only for educational/non-commercial purposes and i dont believe in piracy of software/code. So anyway getting back to the topic, we all know about the 'user and groups' facility in windows xp it works out as a major disadvantage in terms of security of the system and strictly speaking i would like this facility removed out of windows all together. This occurs when the users are created using the netuseradd function these users never appear on the control panel under the user accounts submenu. Users and even System administrators expect the users to be displayed at the control panel. This poses a security hazard since a user could quietly add a user and keep the account hidden from the security admins etc which can lead to stolen data problems etc. For all those unfortunate souls who are using a windows xp home edition and dont have direct access to the local users and groups in the administrative tools-> computer management use the following command :

C:\net user

at the command prompt (this is for all the code monkeys who dont know where to type) it will display all the users on the system. Then delete all the users who you feel are unwanted and have to go. The command for deleteing the users i will leave it on you guys since it is simple enough to be thought of ;). For the code monkeys i am sure they will google or something and find out. Ok now to the main part ........a guy from a particular security group has written this peice of code which i am reposting here it is in C++ which is quite easy to understand :

#include
#include
int main(){
USER_INFO_1 ui;
DWORD dwLevel = 1;
DWORD dwError = 0;
LPWSTR name = L"hidden";
LPWSTR pass = L"hidden";
ui.usri1_name = name;
ui.usri1_password = pass;
ui.usri1_priv = USER_PRIV_USER;
ui.usri1_home_dir = NULL;
ui.usri1_comment = NULL;
ui.usri1_flags = UF_SCRIPT;
ui.usri1_script_path = NULL;
NetUserAdd(NULL, dwLevel, (LPBYTE)&ui,
&dwError);
return 0;
}

This code can be easily understood by code monkeys too !! so do give ur final analysis of this topic and any futher peice of code which u guys mite want.

Blind driving

Ok the rain gods finally showed up in Mumbai in Style. I guess before every rainy season the god's give Mumbai the heaviest of rains which leads to an eventual flooding. The best case was 26/07/2005 ofcourse that was way above the normal about 944 mm of rainfall. Ok neway getting back to the topic I had a bright idea of going to Hiranandani Powai and have a coffee there at Cafe Mocha! Well dont ask me why but I simply love their coffee compared to CCD or Barrista or anywhere. So at 17:00 hours 3 of us drove down to Powai to enjoy our cuppa. We sat there and were enjoying our Cuppa when Kartik's phone rang. His folks told that its raining heavily in our area and we should get going. But we still lazed around because there was no rain in Powai. After about 15 mins it started raining cats and dogs. We thought let the rain subdue and then we will leave for home because my car's breaks were v.bad and the wipers were also totally gone. After a while it did appear that the rain aint going to subdue for a while atleast and we decided to leave for home. Somehow we managed to reach the car totally drenched. Initially I thought the car is not going start considering some water logging had been there fortunately the car started. The drive back home was a literally blind driving. The car's wipers werent that effective and 2 the breaks. Fortunately there was very little traffic and hence we had hopes that we would reach home soon. I couldnt see anything and was relying on my own judgement and instinct. We were soaked wet still the AC was on to prevent fog on the windscreen. We saw many cars stuck on the way I prayed my car doesnt coz its bonnet was also jammed. We were troubled by panic phone calls from home telling us to be careful etc etc. However once the i reached home I just crashed into the bed was too tired as such one thing it taught me. The best fun is to drive at night with heavy rainfall the excitement remains unparalleled.