Windows ME Password securing my files

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Guest

Using windows me. I've put my name in as a new user and on startup the
computer correctly asks me for my password. And when the password is
entered, the computer correctly finishes booting up.

The problem is, if I click on cancel when prompted for the password, the
computer boots up with, I assume, me as a guest, and I still have full access
to the computer.

And this leaves me wondering what's the purpose of setting a username and
password.

What I'd like to do is set a global password. When the computer boots up it
would say something like "What's the password?" If the password is not given
the computer is not accessable.

Or another idea is if the username and password is not given then certain
parts of the computer are not accessable.

Or in other words, how do the wife and I keep our 15 year old daughter (and
her friends) out of our personal files without unplugging the computer and
putting it in a 100 plus pound safe?

Help! Help!
 
C

Chris Mills

Well,
To the best of my knowledge, Windows ME is not THAT secure a "Windows", it's
more like a "personal Windows". And it would take a lot more detail than I
have, for any reasonable person to expect Windows security to work. If your
kid is a teenager, then putting some "block" in place is more likely merely a
minor challenge to them.

Have you considered locking the door to your room? Do locks work?
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This particular newsgroup only deals with security issues in Microsoft Access,
which is just one part of Office. Perhaps you might get a better answer from
one of the .windows or .win<something> newsgroups. I see there appears to be
no .winme newsgroups (maybe there is), but WinME I don't think is considered
to be anything more than a home-computer system (as against a "professional"
system where security actually matters)("professional" meaning "paying good
money for")
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Personally, I wouldn't expect any computer to stop a 15yr-old of average
nowadays smartness. I'd be more inclined to smack the living daylights out of
her! (she's smart enough to break your computer, but is she smart enough not
to reveal her prowess in some other way?)

Chris
 
S

StrayBullet via AccessMonster.com

Would disabling the Guest account do the trick?
Using windows me. I've put my name in as a new user and on startup the
computer correctly asks me for my password. And when the password is
entered, the computer correctly finishes booting up.

The problem is, if I click on cancel when prompted for the password, the
computer boots up with, I assume, me as a guest, and I still have full access
to the computer.

And this leaves me wondering what's the purpose of setting a username and
password.

What I'd like to do is set a global password. When the computer boots up it
would say something like "What's the password?" If the password is not given
the computer is not accessable.

Or another idea is if the username and password is not given then certain
parts of the computer are not accessable.

Or in other words, how do the wife and I keep our 15 year old daughter (and
her friends) out of our personal files without unplugging the computer and
putting it in a 100 plus pound safe?

Help! Help!
 

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