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To: Martin E. Frankel who wrote (24023)12/25/2001 7:19:22 AM
From: thecow   of 110653
 
Martin

Searching around with Google there are ways to do what you want but most of them are not what I would call user friendly. They involve using poledit and editing the registry. Depending on the knowledge level of the potential "intruders" there are probably easier ways to do it such as downloading a freeware password program from cnet, zdnet, tucows or any freeware site.

A much simpler way to defeat accidental intrusions by the "prying little fingers" is to use a screensaver and password protect it and put a shortcut to it in your startup folder. That can also be defeated but not as easily.

Edit in: I just found that you can bypass the screensaver password by holding down the shift key...back to square one. I'm sure someone will have the answer.

tc :-)
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