Re: user-level access control on win98
From: Robert Moir (maranbat@bitey.force9.co.uk)
Date: 05/26/02
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From: "Robert Moir" <maranbat@bitey.force9.co.uk> Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 19:24:17 +0100
"Matt Barton" <mattyb77@newsguy.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 26 May 2002, Robert Moir wrote:
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> > You could set a bios password to stop someone switching the machine on.
> > Besides that, once the computer is on there is no fool proof way of
> > stopping someone logging into a Windows 98 machine.
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> BIOS passwords don't prevent someone from turning on the computer. You
> have to turn on the machine to enter the password. It keeps the operating
> system from booting.
My pardon. I am a bit distracted at the moment. For the pedantic amoung us,
I was talking about successfully switching the computer on, which to me
means into a state where you can usefully do something with it - e.g. a OS
login prompt.
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