Re: password access under WINXP

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 12/12/03 

Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 14:41:48 -0700

Reboot to Safe Mode
Reboot tapping F8 each second
Select Safe Mode at the menu
Select Administrator
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel
Select Administrator
Select the option to add a password.

Additionally I would inform her there would be loss of computer access
and other appropriate punishment for attempting to circumvent computer
security.
This type of thing routinely gets people fired in a business setting
and should not be tolerated at home.

Also see:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/Private.htm 

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://dts-l.org/index.html
"lou" <lbovasso@aol.com> wrote in message
news:024301c3c0f7$67ad94b0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> When I originally set up WinXP I allowed myself, my wife
> and my daughter to have admin privileges. Recently, for
> certain reasons, we decided to restrict my daughter's
> access to the computer. I went into user accounts, changed
> me to administrater and gave everyone a password. It
> worked for a while but then my daughter somehow bypassed
> the password. I am certain she did not discover the
> password. When I asked her how she did it, she said she
> went into Safe Mode and changed it back. Is this possible?
> Is there any way to avoid this and set up a restricted
> access to the computer? If not under Win XP, are there any
> 3rd party programs? Thanks for your help.

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