You are quite correct in everything you state, I must admit that I would never use the software to "spy" on a persons p.c it is just that I noticed the email problem as i was playing with it (the software), I am often asked to get into a machine that an owner has forgotten the password for or that the "kids" have inadvertantly added a password to the machine. Some of the software that I use can often have devastating results, I must say though that konboot is pretty slick, Obviously microsoft are aware of konboot and have made sure that it will not work on windows 8, When trying a dialouge box states that windows is attempting a repair! and it just sits there for hours doing nothing much at all.