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RedEarth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 04:24 PM
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Passwod protection ....
My daughter is at college and needs to password protect her computer. She uses Window XP Home. Is it possible to set up her computer so only she can use it?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 05:17 PM
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1. Yes. Have her go to ......
Control Panel - User Accounts - Click on her account and she can make a PW from there.

Oh, BTW, make it a complex PW that she would only know, i.e. NO birthdates, Social, or names.
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RedEarth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 05:42 PM
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2. Thanks again, Crazy
I appreciate your taking the time to respond.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-05 05:50 PM
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3. Anytime!
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RazzleCat Donating Member (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 05:33 PM
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4. how to make an easy complex password
Its hard to remember a random selection of uppercase, lowercase and numbers, so here is a tip to make it easy. Come up with simple sentence, such as My Kelly dog was 15 years old. translate to the password MKdw15yo, random password you can remember
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-05 03:34 AM
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5. Passwords can be hacked by someone who knows how
to do it in Windows. Set a password on bootup in BIOS and the only way around it is to physically take off the cover and set the Clear CMOS jumper-a little more difficult.
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