home computer password

I have a desktop running windows 98se. Is there any way to keep somebody
else in the house from using the computer, such as a hard drive password or
other password setup?

Thad Sobota

Oh, Sweet!!!!
Found it and yes, it worked!

Thanks Imhotep!

"Imhotep" <> wrote in message
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> Thad Sobota wrote:
>
> > I have a desktop running windows 98se. Is there any way to keep somebody
> > else in the house from using the computer, such as a hard drive password
> > or other password setup?
>
> how about a bios password?
>
> im

Thad Sobota

Thad Sobota wrote:

> I have a desktop running windows 98se. Is there any way to keep somebody
> else in the house from using the computer, such as a hard drive password
> or other password setup?

how about a bios password?

im

Imhotep

Thad Sobota wrote:

> Oh, Sweet!!!!
> Found it and yes, it worked!
>
> Thanks Imhotep!
>
> "Imhotep" <> wrote in message
> news:WdqdnaESvKUoaBTeRVn-...
>> Thad Sobota wrote:
>>
>> > I have a desktop running windows 98se. Is there any way to keep
>> > somebody else in the house from using the computer, such as a hard
>> > drive password or other password setup?
>>
>> how about a bios password?
>>
>> im

....sure anytime.

Im

Imhotep

Just don't loose the password, a good tech can re-set it but it may
cost something like $300. Bios passwords aren't that easy to by-pass.

thunderbird

On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 10:33:45 -0700, "Thad Sobota" <>
wrote:

>I have a desktop running windows 98se. Is there any way to keep somebody
>else in the house from using the computer, such as a hard drive password or
>other password setup?

You should have the option of setting a BIOS password, which is the
best it gets with that kind of setup.

Press the appropriate keys during startup to enter the setup options
and look for those related to password, and set one. Don't forget
what you entered the next day and you will need it to start the
machine thereafter.
--
Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com

Jim Watt

thunderbird wrote:

> Just don't loose the password, a good tech can re-set it but it may cost
> something like $300. Bios passwords aren't that easy to by-pass.

What a load of TOTAL BULLSHIT!

Almost ALL BIOS passwords can be bypassed by resetting to default with a
jumper, or battery removal. The number of machines that CAN'T be fixed
this way is so small it's nonexistent in the real world.

You scam artists at Privacy.LIE might charge $300 to do a trivial 10
minute job, but those of us who run HONEST businesses do it for free, or a
very nominal fee. It's like plugging in RAM. You usually do it just for
the advertisement value of knowing that when the person has a real problem
or wants some new toys they'll be back, and recommend you to other people
with real problems and needs.

I'm sure this sort of integrity, common sense, and knowledge of simple
tech skills is something you and your species knows nothing about. So why
are you posting your uninformed idiocy in this group?

Borked Pseudo Mailed

The world needs a few more techs with your mindset Borked...Its also
funny listening to other techs rattle off lines of utter BS not
expecting the person they're talking to to know their butt from a hole
in the ground.

pickluh

"thunderbird" <> wrote in message
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> Just don't loose the password, a good tech can re-set it but it may
> cost something like $300. Bios passwords aren't that easy to by-pass.
>
Yeah right - just pop the battery off the mobo - or even just adjust that
little clear cmos jumper is enough on most boards to circumvent bios
passwords

TpwUK

Martin Spencer-Ford

"Borked Pseudo Mailed" <> wrote in message
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> thunderbird wrote:
>
>> Just don't loose the password, a good tech can re-set it but it may cost
>> something like $300. Bios passwords aren't that easy to by-pass.
>
> What a load of TOTAL BULLSHIT!
>
> Almost ALL BIOS passwords can be bypassed by resetting to default with a
> jumper, or battery removal. The number of machines that CAN'T be fixed
> this way is so small it's nonexistent in the real world.
>
> You scam artists at Privacy.LIE might charge $300 to do a trivial 10
> minute job, but those of us who run HONEST businesses do it for free, or a
> very nominal fee. It's like plugging in RAM. You usually do it just for
> the advertisement value of knowing that when the person has a real problem
> or wants some new toys they'll be back, and recommend you to other people
> with real problems and needs.
>
> I'm sure this sort of integrity, common sense, and knowledge of simple
> tech skills is something you and your species knows nothing about. So why
> are you posting your uninformed idiocy in this group?
>
I wish i had read this far before posting now - well said Borked!

TpwUK

Martin Spencer-Ford