Windows 8 special permission loophole

thebigticket

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Hi
I own a desktop computer which I share with my 15 yr old son and he seems to be able to access my administrator account using either the guest account or his standard account.
I'm not sure how he is able to do this

But I know he is doing this, as I set up family safety on his account and he seems to be able to change it on his own whenever I turn it on his account

When I check the security settings of some of my folders in the documents library, they grant full control to different groups that are not the default e.g. my own user name and administrators
It grants full control to groups such as BATCH and SERVICE and CREATOR OWNER
I dont think I have seen these groups before and I know that I did not make them or grant them access to my accounts

Also I noticed that he also made multiple local user accounts and then deleted the user so that it just has the account folder in the users folder

So far to combat this problem, I tried removing the groups and my sons user account from the permissions menu in the security tab of properties. However, he seems to have granted himself special permission as it wont allow me to remove the permission from him as well as having the special permission option greyed out so I cannot click on it

I checked the user account settings and I am still administrator and the default administrator account is still administrator and my son's account is still a standard account

Recently I changed my password and the default administrator password and used hidden on all my folders however I think he can still see the folders as he granted access to some of the folders that I used hidden on in my document library but the other folders in my desktop and other libraries have all not been accessed

So how is my son accessing my account and how can I stop him from doing it?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Norton 360
So how is my son accessing my account and how can I stop him from doing it?
It's not my place to tell you how to discipline your son, but if it were my son Dylan it would be a smack upside the head followed by removing his computer privileges.


On a more constructive note: I would be looking in his account (and yours) for software that you aren't familiar with. I can't think of how else he would be doing it. Unless he uninstalls it after compromising administration?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    0i812
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 4770K LGA1150
    Motherboard
    Asus Maximus VI Formula
    Memory
    Corsair 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 CMY32GX3M4A1866C9 1866MH
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 x Crappy GeForce GT 640 2GB DDR3
    Sound Card
    I haz lollies ..
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x LG / 2 x Samsung 21 Inch
    Screen Resolution
    Crispy
    Hard Drives
    2 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO (OS / Other)
    1 x Kingston 120G HyperX SSD (Swap)
    3 x Seagate SATA III 2TB Barracuda (Data Drives)
    1 x Seagate SATA III 1TB Barracuda (Media to XBox)
    1 x W/Digital SATA II 300G VelociRaptor (Image)
    PSU
    Silverstone 1500w
    Case
    NZXT Phantom 820 White Full Tower
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D14
    Keyboard
    Logitech G19
    Mouse
    Logitech G700 / Logitech T650 Touchpad Thingy
    Internet Speed
    ADSL 2+ (Australian version ... lol)
    Browser
    All of them
    Antivirus
    Nortons IS
    Other Info
    This one time at band camp ...
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