alright two questions.

Ive come to realize that the SAM file (WINDOWS 2000 PRO) in %systemroot%\repair. is SYSKEY encrypted and cannot be cracked. (though i may be totally wrong..so correct me) So no worries there. However their is a possiblity that someone could make an ERD diskette under Guest privileges. could someone optain the real SAM file off this disc.(any utilities?) Or is the SAM file the same as the one in repair.

ok here goes number 2. I was goofing around and I ran telnet to connect to my friends computer on port 80(he was surfing the internet at this time). And what was odd is that it connected. Though when i hit a key connection was lost. Why does this happen? Is it possible to send strings of data to that port?

thanks again fellas for answering my questions.