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

To: Martin E. Frankel who wrote (24023)	12/25/2001 7:48:59 AM
From: thecow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110653

Martin Here's a freeware program you can try if we don't get a simpler suggestion. pcworld.com tc:-)

To: Martin E. Frankel who wrote (24023)	12/25/2001 9:30:32 AM
From: Nick Morvay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

Martin, you're not doing anything wrong. The problem is Win98. There is no "real" security because whatever user is logged in can still access anything on the box. In fact, any user can delete the password file and then login as any other user with no password required. The only real advantage of setting up separate users under Win98 is that the environment will be specific to the way the user has setup the desktop. The premise is that if you don't see it on the desktop, then it's not available to the user and therefore it can't be run and messed up by accident. However, if you run Windows Explorer, the user has access to ALL files on the system. There is no way to set file permissions at a user level. For that level of security you need to run Win2k. Regards, Nick