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by mkrain

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I am wondering if there is a way to restrict access to my computer using ME. As of now anyone can just press cancel or ESC to bypass the login screen. Can I change this? If so how.

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by mkrain

As you must know restarting the computer is an easy way to get out of the screeensaver password protection. This is not really security.

by syscokid

Check out this link. It's for Win98 but may work on ME too.

Force Users to Logon to Windows (Windows 9x)
Category: System

Usually users can simply press 'Cancel' at the Windows logon box to bypass the login process and gain access to the local computer. This tweak will logout the user if the authentication fails or the user clicks Cancel.

http://registry.winguides.com/display.php/629/

by mkrain

I tried this out and got it to work without any immediately crushing affects to ME. Thanks for the help

Jeremiah Medina

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