Re: password protection

From: Jupiter Jones (jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com)
Date: 11/28/02 

From: "Jupiter Jones" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 11:25:24 -0700

Go to User Accounts in the Control Panel, select a profile and set a
password.
Then reboot to Safe Mode, select Administrator, set a password for
Administrator.
Be sure to take precautions against forgotten passwords such as a
"Password reset disk. 

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Jupiter Jones
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"Chi Seto" <chi.seto@comnet.ca> wrote in message
news:1d3e001c29708$03e4e420$8af82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA03...
> I need a way to set-up a password to protect others from
> using my computer. I am not hooked up to other computers,
> ie there is only one computer. So after my computer is
> booted up before the user can use anything/or start a
> program, I want the computer to prompt the user to put in
> the password.
>
> thx
> Chi

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