Guest DizzyKizzy Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Is there any way of setting up my computer so that if a password is not entered into the "Welcome to Windows" prompt box, an unauthorised user cannot get any further? TIA DK
Guest Mike M Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Re: Using passwords to log in DizzyKizzy <DizzyKizzy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Is there any way of setting up my computer so that if a password is > not entered into the "Welcome to Windows" prompt box, an unauthorised > user cannot get any further? Not without making some registry changes since Win Me, like all Win 9x operating systems was not designed as nor intended to be a secure system. Win Me's logon is basically to allow different users on the same machine to have their own personal settings and the like rather than to keep unauthorised users from accessing the machine. However Doug Knox, a Microsoft MVP, has a download that contains a registry file that when applied to the registry does much of what you want. This can be found at http://www.dougknox.com/security/validated.htm. Alternatively, and better, if your PC has a BIOS password, use this. -- Mike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com
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