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Stop Bypassing logon by pressing escape

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by geoffdougan

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when computer starts up and you have to enter youre network username and password you can just hit escape and go straight into pc however you have no network resources, the local hard disk can still be viewed how to i disable this so that you cant bypass login

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by coopachi

i agree, with the first answer win9x, but would like to add ME. These are basically unsecure O/S's. In order to do what you want, you will have to use NT and above. ie. NT 4, W2K, or XP.

by hinrgman

Upgrade to W2K or XP. Yes there are work arounds for w9x and ME but there are work arounds arounr them. W2k, NT, os XP will give you the true security you are looking for

by hinrgman

Upgrade to W2K or XP. Yes there are work arounds for w9x and ME but there are work arounds arounr them. W2k, NT, os XP will give you the true security you are looking for

by don christner

Answer #2 is correct, with a registry change you can prevent people bypassing the logon screen. You could also consider a BIOS password. With a BIOS password set, they could not boot from a floppy or get to the harddrive with any other method. For real security features you should look at NT (soon to be unsupported), 2000 or XP.

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by volkerk

The Microsoft tool for the job is the System Policy Editor, which you can install from Add/Remove Programs > Windows Setup > System Tools > Details, or download from http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/WUAdminTools/S_WUManagementTools/W95PolicyEditor/Default.asp for Windows 95. A tutorial and the Win98 version of poledit.exe are available at http://www.elkantler.net/security/security.htm from the author of the O'Reilly book about this program.
Also see there the special note about WinME, the bane of our existence.

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