[Preston] I hate to ask this but...

[Phil Edwards]

Set it up through the BIOS John.

Most modern motherboards allow 2 levels of password, one to protect access
to the bios settings itself and the other to protect access to the system.
By setting the system password, the system will not boot unless you type in
the correct password.

Of course, it is still possible to bypass this, if you know how to clear the
BIOS settings, but it should be secure enough for the home environment.

Phil

----- Original Message -----
From: "John" <john.rushe@btinternet.com>
To: <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 10:35 PM
Subject: [Preston] I hate to ask this but...


> Gulp, here goes...
>
> Well, erm... I have bought my daughter a pc for christmas and installed
> windows 98 on it (I know, I know but she's only 10 so she has yet to
sample
> the delights of linux). The thing is, I want to set up a password on it
for
> her so that her beloved brothers and sisters can't use it when she is not
> around (she has specified this particularly! lol). SO, I know that the
> standard password for a win 95/98 machine allows you to cancel and bring
the
> machine up with a basic set of desktop icons..Thing is, does anybody know
of
> a way whereby the machine will not fully boot without the said password
> (like windows 2000 for example). Any help greatly appreciated by a sweet
> little girl who will one day become my Linux protegy (so the story goes
> anyway).
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
> PS. Apologies for any offence caused by asking this question but it's so
> close to Christmas that I don't know who else to turn to (sob sob)
>
>
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