Re: HOW 2 LOCK DESKTOP
From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k@excite.com)
Date: 12/18/02
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From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@excite.com> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 23:05:10 -0500
That's a start, although as you know you just power the computer off and on
and click Cancel at the login screen to get into Windows, or boot to a DOS
floppy. I bet there are other ways, like the old trick of putting some sort
of program on a CD so that it is set to autorun on insert.
You really need Windows 2000 or XP to get the best level of security. But,
try these as well:
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#harden
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#password9x
"sgopus" <fredd@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:043c01c2a642$94f260c0$d3f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA10...
> Please take your caps lock off, thanks.
>
> Unless your willing to password protect your screensaver
> and give it zero minutes to activate, you can't protect me
> with a password, it's too easy to bypass.
>
> So with that said, do this.
> Set your screen saver to activate upon boot up, zero
> minutes to wait, insert a password to protect the screen
> saver, and Voila nobody can get past the screen saver
> without the password, You can and when you do, reset the
> time to a more reasonable period of waiting, then reset it
> to zero when you are getting ready to leave your pc..
>
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >HOW CAN I LOCK MY COMPUTER FROM OTHER USERS. THERE IS
> >CURRENTLY NO NETWORK... AND I HAVE WINDOWS MILLENIUM.
> THE
> >CURRENT WINDOWS PASSWORD CAN BE BYPASSED BY SIMPLY
> >CANCELING PASSWORD.
> >
> >WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
> >
> >THANX,
> >DAN-O
> >.
> >
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