Password

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 3, 2003, 6:21 pm

I recently moved in with some new roommates for college. They keep getting on my comp and downloading pr0n, stupid mp3's and other apps that use up a lot of memory. They were even kind enough to give me a virus from somewhere. (no one will fess up) So my question is this, how do I set a password for everytime you turn on your computer? Not a windows password, but a computer password you have to enter the moment you turn the computer on. Thanks for any help. (fuck you for any flames

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kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » March 3, 2003, 6:26 pm

just tell them not to touch your shit anymore and beat the fucking hell out of one of them to make your point.

roomates are like going to prison. you have to show everyone you are living with that you are too crazy to fuck with.

Kguku · Post by **Kguku** » March 3, 2003, 6:27 pm

Go into your bios and enable the security in there.

Just make sure you don't ever forget that password, or you have to do the fun cmos reset with jumpers to get back into your computer.

Pyronius Flamebringer · Post by **Pyronius Flamebringer** » March 3, 2003, 6:29 pm

when your computer is starting up you will see a message to press F2 or Del key usually to enter bios set up...its pretty easy to find in there.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » March 3, 2003, 6:34 pm

Can't you just go into control panel under users and passwords, and check that box that requires ctrl-alt-del to enter the computer?

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 3, 2003, 6:41 pm

Pyronius Flamebringer wrote:when your computer is starting up you will see a message to press F2 or Del key usually to enter bios set up...its pretty easy to find in there.

Nope. I don't see any of that. I have a Gateway 600s if that helps. I tried hitting F2/Del but got nowhere.

Though Kyoukan's suggestion is very appealing.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » March 3, 2003, 6:47 pm

getting into your bios might be trickier with a gatway or a dell or a compaq.

phone their tech support and ask.

Burke · Post by **Burke** » March 3, 2003, 6:49 pm

Just take the distributor cap with you when you go to class.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » March 3, 2003, 7:13 pm

bubba, once the machine boots to windows, even if you dont know the password, you have already gotten fairly far.

depending on the windows version, it can be very easy to circumvent that password if you are sitting at the computer. enabling a password at the BIOS level is the best.

even though being passive aggressive like that is in the end effective, at some point you are going to have to tell them to stop fucking with your shit.

cause they are going to come and ask you "WTF is your password" once you set one =)

Fallanthas · Post by **Fallanthas** » March 3, 2003, 7:19 pm

Vor,

Just take the power cables with you when you leave.

That should stump em for a week at least.

physcox · Post by **physcox** » March 3, 2003, 7:55 pm

f-11 gets me into bios.....

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » March 3, 2003, 9:15 pm

About the BIOS Setup utility

The computer's BIOS has a built-in setup utility that lets you configure several basic system characteristics. The settings are stored in battery-backed RAM and are retained even when the power is off.

Open the BIOS Setup utility by restarting the computer, then pressing F1 when the Gateway logo screen appears during startup. The Main BIOS Setup utility screen opens. It may not look exactly like the screen shown below.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 4, 2003, 1:35 am

Aslanna wrote:
Open the BIOS Setup utility by restarting the computer, then pressing F1 when the Gateway logo screen appears during startup. The Main BIOS Setup utility screen opens. It may not look exactly like the screen shown below.

Thanks, even though the window is up for less than a second, I imagine I will get it.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » March 4, 2003, 11:06 am

Just Fdisk your PC every morning when you leave

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » March 4, 2003, 11:20 am

With XP and 2000, you can set your windows security to only allow you to login and not let others.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 4, 2003, 11:29 am

Canelek wrote:With XP and 2000, you can set your windows security to only allow you to login and not let others.

Yes, but you can still login under guest.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » March 4, 2003, 11:30 am

Nah, you can block the guest account

At least I think. I remember locking my machine down so no pesky admin types could bugger it all up.

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » March 4, 2003, 11:33 am

Canelek wrote:Nah, you can block the guest account At least I think.

Yep, just set guest to disabled in the user manager.

If they are persistant the BIOS is the only way to go though. And even that can be circumvented. Kind of like keeping squirrels out of the bird feeder.

miir · Post by **miir** » March 4, 2003, 11:34 am

Zamtuk wrote:
Canelek wrote:With XP and 2000, you can set your windows security to only allow you to login and not let others.
Yes, but you can still login under guest.

Delete the guest acct.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » March 4, 2003, 11:35 am

miir wrote:
Zamtuk wrote:
Canelek wrote:With XP and 2000, you can set your windows security to only allow you to login and not let others.
Yes, but you can still login under guest.
Delete the guest acct.

NO!!!! then I cant get in

miir · Post by **miir** » March 4, 2003, 11:37 am

Just have your mommy make you another account

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » March 4, 2003, 11:40 am

miir wrote:Just have your mommy make you another account

Oh ok thanx, Who needs Dell Support when Miir is around

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » March 4, 2003, 12:07 pm

Don't delete the Guest account. You can disable it, however. Or you could just set a new Guest account password if you wanted.

Drustwyn · Post by **Drustwyn** » March 4, 2003, 1:00 pm

I had a problem with family members getting on my computah all the time while I wasn't at home.. Like others have suggested, I just threw a password on bios... very effective.