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To: Stash who wrote (3042)4/21/1999 9:48:00 AM
From: RJL  Read Replies (1) of 110652
 
Hi Stan,

Windows 95/98 are a joke as far as security is concerned. Like you mentioned before, any one can hit cancel at the logon prompt and still gain access. It might prevent them from having your personal desktop view, but your local drive is still available. You can try and place passwords on certain documents through Word, Excel and the like, but it gets tedious.

Mark was mentioning a system password. In your case it's probably the best option. It would be placed in through your system's BIOS menu (check your computer documentation). You can normally access your BIOS by pressing DEL or F2 at boot up. There would be an option in there to set a system password. Everytime you boot your system it'll prompt you. Be careful with whatever you touch in your BIOS! If you don't know what you're doing, don't play with it. One thing to realize, is if you forgot your password, the only option would be to open up the case and set a few jumpers to clear the system's BIOS memory.

Another option is to use Windows NT. The logon prompt in NT will not even allow local access if you don't have the correct password.

Rich

P.S. Then again, if someone really knows what they're doing, they can get through your system even if you have a BIOS or NT password setup.
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