Re: Windows XP Pro secure login

From: bandog (bandog@home.com)
Date: 05/11/02 

From: "bandog" <bandog@home.com>
Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 10:25:28 GMT

Thankyou Roger do i have to encrypt the my documents folder or is it
encrypted by default against my login?

Thanks again

"Roger Abell" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu> wrote in message
news:ewmWFTN#BHA.2384@tkmsftngp02...
> To "get in" you need to have credentials (ex. account+password)
> or to preempt some running process acquiring its credentials.
> For most that means they need to get an account, and they will
> be limited to what that account can access.
>
> Physical access can let them hang the harddisk into a different
> system, but that will not give easy access to EFS protected data.
>
> --
> Roger Abell
> MVP (Windows)
> "bandog" <bandog@home.com> wrote in message
> news:U46D8.7$LY6.311@news0.optus.net.au...
> > Just how secure is it? if they don't know my password or admin password
> they
> > can't get in can they? unless they remove the harddrive and put in in
> > another machine right?
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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