I read an article about that for Win95 a number of years ago.  What you
do is set up for your password, and then write/read protect all the disk
volumes with the same password.  Yes,  someone can log on with a fake ID
and password but they can't do anything to the hard drive.

John



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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Jai Dhar
> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 12:20 AM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT]:Windows password
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>
> Quoting Patrick J <info@DATECH.SE>:
>
> > From: "Jinx"
> > > So, is there a fix, a better 3rd party (and free) password
> > > utility, and is the password system for 98SE really that
> > > crappy ?
> >
> > run regedit
> > go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon
> > and create a new value with the name: "MustBeValidated"
> > Set the value for the DWORD "MustBeValidated" to 1
> >
> > If the PC isnt a client to a WinNT server you must set primary
> > login to MS login client in the network settings.
> >
> > The simplest option is ofcourse to set a password
> > in BIOS. None will be able to escape out of that.
> > (Even tho it can be disabled)
>
> You are forgetting the most, if not all, computers can clear
> the BIOS via a
> simple jumper on the motherboard. Nothing is totally safe :-)
>
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