Re: locking computer from others use

From: Die Spammer (diespammer_at_loser.fu)
Date: 06/17/03 

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:42:43 GMT

the BIOS password only protects the BIOS info...

Frode wrote:

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> David Norris wrote:
> >> How can I lock my computer so nobody else but me can boot my computer
> >> into Windows? and DOS would be good also ...
> > Best option is to get rid of Windows 9.X, which is in no way secure, and
> > use Windows 2000 or XP professional. Security needs to be an integral
> > part of the OS, not just tacked on afterwards. And use the NTFS
> > filesystem not FAT. DN
>
> Or just buy a product like SafeBoot Solo. It'll utterly lock the machine
> down from unauthorized use by encrypting the entire harddrive. Even putting
> the harddrive into another machine won't give access to the data (as would
> be the case with the above options). At $50 it's cheaper than upgrading
> Windows as well, AFAIK. Although it would remove harddrive access from DOS
> applications unless run from within Windows. It all depends how secure the
> original poster really wanted to be.
>
> A BIOS password might be what he's really looking for, just to prevent the
> kids from logging on without supervision. But he hasn't elaborated as far
> as I've seen so no way to tell.
>
> - --
>
> Frode
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