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Hello everyone! I have Win Me. I will like to know if anyone know of some sort of software I can install so I or anyone who logs in to my pc is asked for a password? If no password is entered or the wrong password is entered the system wont let you into windows. This is the type of program I need. If anyone has any ideas please respond. The reason I need this is because I have a lot of people who access my computer when I'm not around. If anyone needs additional info please respond or email me. And if anyone needs this info: No I'm not on a network. Please Help!
I saved this in Notepad from somewhere,but I haven't tried it yet.Please let me know how it goes and get back to me;patyson@lycos.com...Good Luck!
April 23: Screensaver that can't be avoided
So you use a password on your screensaver to prevent your family or colleagues
from stopping it and accessing your computer when you're absent.
But then they discovered they can get past this obstacle by simply pressing
the restart button on your computer. So now you need a higher level of protection:
a password-protected screensaver that takes effect whenever Windows is started.First find out which screensaver your computer is using. Most of the default
screensavers for Windows can be found in the C:\Windows\System folder.
Screensavers usually have the .scr extension. For example,
if you know you're using the 3D text screensaver, its filename should read
something like "3D Text.scr". When you find it, right-click on the file
and select Create New Shortcut.After you have created the shortcut to the screensaver,
move the shortcut to your Startup folder which can be found
in your main Windows folder under the Start Menu and Programs sub-folders.Make sure the screensaver is password protected.
You can do this through the Display control panel on the Screen Saver
page.From then on, every time someone starts or restarts your computer,
they'll come face to face with the screensaver and password again.
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http://www.fspro.net
This is their blurb:
"Lock My PC" is an easy in use and compact tool for quick computer locking when you leave it for a time. It shows a lock screen, disables Windows hot keys and mouse. You can lock your PC by a hotkey or from the system tray. To unlock the computer you must enter correct password only. The program can log invalid password entry attempts and has option to keep your PC locked even if power failure occurs or someone switch it off and on.
I used "LockIt" previously, and liked it even better because it locked the computer automatically after a user preset amount of time. I don't know where to get a current operational version. (Recently downloaded versions resulted in an "expired" message when you tried to install it.)LockIt was free.LockMyPC is $14.95. You can easily live with the nag screen if you don't/can't pay.
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If PC powered off then back on would this lockmypc application stop someone from using the computer? Does this program run at startup or only after the timer kicks in?
Just wondering if you might be getting ready to invite HD damage at the hands of the Hard Booters who are trying to get around your security.
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If you read the blurb, you'd see the answer to question #1 is yes.
#2: Runs at startup.
#3 No HD damage that I'm aware of.
Try it and see.
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Copy the text at the bottom of this post and paste it into a text file. Rename the text file with the extention .reg and double-click on the file to import it into your registry. Right click on the Network Neighborhood on the desktop and select properties. Change the primary network logon to Windows Logon. This will require users to enter a password when starting windows, they will not be able to cancel out of the logon password prompt.
Keep in mind that this does not prevent people from starting in safe mode, with a boot floppy, etc. If you have a real need for strong security, you should consider using windows NT or 2000.
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon]
"MustBeValidated"=dword:00000001
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Hey Zippy,
If I take the steps you said to do, What will be the password to get into windows? Will I be able to setup a unique password?
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Good point Len...probably the easiest way to do it.
Anyway paul, doing what I suggested will let you use any password you can currently use to logon to windows, it will just remove the option of bypassing the logon altogether.
If you don't have a password, or don't know if you do, try this. Search for and delete all *.pwl files, and set the primary network logon to Windows Logon. The next time you start Windows, you will be prompted for a login and password. Enter any login and password you want. Now, when you import the reg file as I suggested, you can logon using the login and password you provided.
Alternately, you can create Windows user accounts by going to start->settings->control panel->users.
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Hey Zippy is this the text I need to put into the text file. All that begins with REGEDIT4? I tried doing this and when I double clicked on the file it said it wasent a valid reg. file. I renamed it with the extension .reg.
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon]
"MustBeValidated"=dword:00000001
Please help.
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yes, that should be all you need. If it doesn't work for you, you can use regedit to manually add the entry.
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If you put a password in BIOS and you forget it, it's somewhere between extremely difficult and impossible to get into your computer.
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