You set the Windows logon function with password. However, you realize that someone who turns on your computer can still use it normally when you click "Cancel". So how to protect your computer here? As you know, Windows passwords do not do much, especially in Windows 98 and Me (which seems to work better when running Windows 2000, XP, but it is not yet complete). The following article presents a few ways to overcome the disadvantages of each operating system. Windows 98 and Me The following steps will help your computer boot in a slightly weird way, however it only works when other people have not read this section! Select Start, Shut Down and Restart in MS-DOS mode, click OK. At the C: WINDOWS prompt, enter the command "ren win.com xyz.com", press Enter. From now on, anyone who opens your computer (including you) will not be able to use Windows, instead it will be an error dialog box with a DOS prompt! However, just press "xyz" and press Enter to boot Windows normally. However, this method does not seem to be "nice" and effective, to revert to the original state, you also restarted in DOS mode, then enter the command "ren xyz.com win.com", then boot back to PC. For Windows Me, you need a floppy disk or bootable CD. After booting into one of the two disks, you move the prompt to the Windows directory with the command "cd C: WINDOWS", then proceed as in Windows 98. Windows 2000 and XP With Windows 2000 and XP, you will not be able to press Esc to ignore the password log on, but others can use Windows by logging on to the Guest user. And it is best to disable the Guest user. In Windows 2000, click Start, Settings, Control Panel, Users and Passwords. Click the Advanced tab and then the Advanced button. In the left pane, click on Users. In the right pane double-click on Guest. Check Account will be disabled, click OK. In Windows XP, click Start, Control Panel, User Accounts, Guest, Turn off guest account. However, you might be wondering, can someone log on to their user can see your data? The answer is "no" unless they have Administrator account. However, if there are more than one Administrator account on a system, the admins will see each other's data. You can hide your documents from the other Administrator's curiosity by clicking on the subfolder of Documents and Settings, selecting Sharing and Security, making this folder private, click OK. (However, the other administrator will easily disable this by doing the opposite, so this also seems a bit offhanded and useless.) Protect your computer with the Windows Screensaver password In all versions of Windows, you can protect your PC when leaving your desk for a short while with a password of Screen Saver. Right-click on the desktop, choose Properties, Screen Saver. Choose a Screen Saver if you have not already, then click on Password Protected (with XP is On resume, password protected). In Windows 98 and Me, click the Change button to select a password. For Windows 2000 and XP your password on log will be used. Click OK.
