[Gllug] OT computers in the movies

[Tethys]

>But,  in win98, you can just click "Cancel".
>
>Someone really *DID* make OSes with that level of 'pretend' security.

You're not getting the Microsoft mindset here. When you think
"username/password", you think security. Microsoft think of a
means to load a set of preferences. So while I can't load your
preferences unless I know your password[1], I can use the default
set without specifying a password, which is why they let you just
press escape.

Tet

[1] Yes, I know, I probably could...

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