XP boot up security

[Coop]

I have a stand alone desktop. Can anyone tell me how to
create password protection prior to getting into windows
so that access is limited to those with the password.

XP home

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

That is a feature of your BIOS setup. Read the BIOS startup screen to
discover what key to press to enter BIOS setup and create a boot
password.

If you forget the password, it will be an expensive fix.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows


"Coop" > wrote in
message ...

> I have a stand alone desktop. Can anyone tell me how to
> create password protection prior to getting into windows
> so that access is limited to those with the password.
>
> XP home

[sue mccartin]

Not necessarily, if you forget your bios password you can
usually wipe it by pulling the cmos battery and the power
cord for a few minutes, reinserting the battery and then
rebooting and reloading defaults. This works with a
desktop, might be a bigger problem with something like a
tablet or a laptop where you can't easily reach that
battery or a cmos clear jumper.


>-----Original Message-----
>That is a feature of your BIOS setup. Read the BIOS
startup screen to
>discover what key to press to enter BIOS setup and create
a boot
>password.
>
>If you forget the password, it will be an expensive fix.
>
>--
>Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
>
>
>"Coop" > wrote in
>message ...
>
>> I have a stand alone desktop. Can anyone tell me how to
>> create password protection prior to getting into windows
>> so that access is limited to those with the password.
>>
>> XP home
>
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>