password protection

[Guest]

I am running MS XP home edition and I am wondering if there is a way to
password protect the entire computer like you can with the Professional
edition?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I am running MS XP home edition and I am wondering if there is a way to
password protect the entire computer like you can with the Professional
edition?

Depends on what you mean by that.

Your BIOS (hardware) may have some password function that has nothing to do
with your operating system you can use.

You can use the built in username/password system to protect your accounts
and NTFS (file & folder permissions) to protect individual files and
folders.

You do not have the built-in EFS (File Encryption System.) in XP Home.

Explain in a better fashion what you need/desire to do, please..

 

[Guest]

I am looking to password protect the entire computer like you can when a
computer is on a network. I am trying to stop my daughters from being able
to log onto the computer after a certain time at night. If you know of a way
that I can prevent this please advise. We all have our own user names and
passwords.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I am running MS XP home edition and I am wondering if there is a
way to password protect the entire computer like you can with the
Professional edition?

Depends on what you mean by that.

Your BIOS (hardware) may have some password function that has
nothing to do with your operating system you can use.

You can use the built in username/password system to protect your
accounts and NTFS (file & folder permissions) to protect
individual files and folders.

You do not have the built-in EFS (File Encryption System.) in XP
Home.

Explain in a better fashion what you need/desire to do, please..

I am looking to password protect the entire computer like you can
when a computer is on a network. I am trying to stop my daughters
from being able to log onto the computer after a certain time at
night. If you know of a way that I can prevent this please advise.
We all have our own user names and passwords.

That's a good start.

You should also set a hardware password and make sure the system is set to
boot from the hard disk drive first. (BIOS or SYSTEM SETUP password.) This
will prevent circumventing other passwords - well - mostly.

From Doug Knox..
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1) Open Help and Support and type "logon hours" (without the quotes) in the
search box.
2) Go to Full text matches and click on "Net user". See the examples for
setting a user's logon hours. Some examples would be:
net user johnsw /time:M-F,08:00-17:00
net user johnsw /time:M-F,8am-5pm
net user marysl /time:M,4am-5pm;T,1pm-3pm;W-F,8:00-17:00
net user johnsw /time:all (this one means this user can always log
on)
3) Open a Command Prompt window.
4) Enter the appropriate "net user" command for the user(s) you wish to
restrict access for.

If you need to force a user to log off when their hours expire, you may want
to investigate Access Boss, from FS Pro Labs.
http://www.regnow.com/softsell/nph-softsell.cgi?item=5580-8&affiliate=52636

 

[Guest]

will unlicensed version of the program by Doug allow me to set up the time
frames for different users? Please advise because I will probably go with
that one if this is possible for the right now since it is a free download.

Thanks
Jerry Gillette

 

[Shenan Stanley]

will unlicensed version of the program by Doug allow me to set up
the time frames for different users? Please advise because I will
probably go with that one if this is possible for the right now
since it is a free download.

The time frame thing was command prompt commands - included with Windows:

1) Open Help and Support and type "logon hours" (without the
quotes) in the search box.
2) Go to Full text matches and click on "Net user". See the
examples for setting a user's logon hours. Some examples would be:
net user johnsw /time:M-F,08:00-17:00
net user johnsw /time:M-F,8am-5pm
net user marysl /time:M,4am-5pm;T,1pm-3pm;W-F,8:00-17:00
net user johnsw /time:all (this one means this user can
always log on)
3) Open a Command Prompt window.
4) Enter the appropriate "net user" command for the user(s) you
wish to restrict access for.

If you need to force a user to log off when their hours expire,
you may want to investigate Access Boss, from FS Pro Labs.
http://www.regnow.com/softsell/nph-softsell.cgi?item=5580-8&affiliate=52636

Access Boss gives you more control - but is not Free.