Re: Password Protection - Locking Computer Windows 2000 Prof
From: Oli Restorick [MVP] (oli_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/30/03
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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 13:25:39 -0000
Doesn't Ctrl-Alt-Delete and then "Change Password" do the trick?
Once you have set a password, Ctrl-Alt-Delete and then "Lock Computer"
should lock it.
Oli
"Grant Chester" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> According to Microsoft Knowledge Page 294317 "How to Lock
> Your Computer" it says the following: To set a password
> for your user account: In Control Panel, double-click User
> accounts, select your user account, and then click Create
> a password.
>
> Problem is that when I go to User Accounts, I cant
> highlight my name which is listed along with
> Administrators so I cant create a password. The Add Remove
> and Properties labels arent highlighted, neither is the
> Password for Administrator and the Set Password key
> accessible either.
>
> I suspect my computer savvy kid - who is away right now -
> has set my computer up so he can access it willy nilly -
> but I cant lock MY OWN computer.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
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