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505043 2006-12-08 01:47:00 How do I set a password in Windows XP

so that everytime I enter the windows xp welcome screen it will prompt me to type a password?

Nobody can get inside windows without typing a password?
Ninjabear (2948)
505044 2006-12-08 02:16:00 In the control panel go into User Accounts.
Select the user you want to set the password on.
Don't forget to put one on the Administrator or Owner account too if they are listed!
CYaBro (73)
505045 2006-12-08 07:10:00 Start
Control Panel
User Accounts
Choose User (Click on Name)
Create a Password.
techiekid (7219)
505046 2006-12-08 10:31:00 Nobody can get inside windows without typing a password?

If you want to be sure noone can get into your XP machine without a password, you will also have to set a bootup password (in the BIOS) & lock your case shut, or someone could boot off a CD & wipe your password.
Greven (91)
505047 2006-12-08 10:34:00 Boot off a CD?

Lol.

all ya have to do is boot into safe mode, select teh admin account, go into control panel, click remove PW off any account that takes your fancy and reboot.
Metla (12)
505048 2006-12-08 18:19:00 all ya have to do is boot into safe mode, select teh admin account, go into control panel, click remove PW off any account that takes your fancy and reboot.

That's why I said don't forget to put a password on the Administrator account.
CYaBro (73)
505049 2006-12-08 22:46:00 That's why I said don't forget to put a password on the Administrator account.

The Administrator's account Metla mentioned was not the same as you think.

There's a hidden Administrtator's account in Safe Mode that opens everything, passwords or not...that's how I break into friends puters when they forget their passwords......

Besides, it you need to open or read a secured file, no matter what type it is, just e-mail that whole file to yourself and when it arrives, it is opened and unencrypted.
SurferJoe46 (51)
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