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re: How do I disable/prevent multiuser for Windows ME so that I'm the ONLY person who can use my computer? Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 3:01 am Posted by brian (497 messages posted) bios password,(but for sure someone will respond and tell you there are workarounds (lucky thing too) but it can be a start, but be very careful, you had better know hot to "fix it" in case you forget or mistype it or else you will get stuck. i saw something else to add to it too but first try the bios password. but anyway there are free antivirus tools. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I disable/prevent multiuser for Windows ME so that I'm the ONLY person who can use my computer? Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 4:18 am Posted by J.R. (2362 messages posted) Try this: Force Users to Logon to Windows (Windows 95/98/Me) _________________________ Pappy "If it ain't broke, tweak it!" :) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I disable/prevent multiuser for Windows ME so that I'm the ONLY person who can use my computer? Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 1:15 pm Posted by vunsin (8 messages posted) That was actually the first thing I tried, but somehow that did nothing. On Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 3:01 am, brian wrote: >bios password,(but for sure someone will respond and tell you > >there are workarounds (lucky thing too) but it can be a start, but > >be very careful, you had better know hot to "fix it" in case you > >forget or mistype it or else you will get stuck. i saw something else > >to add to it too but first try the bios password. but anyway there > >are free antivirus tools. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I disable/prevent multiuser for Windows ME so that I'm the ONLY person who can use my computer? Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 1:17 pm Posted by vunsin (8 messages posted) This sounds very interesting and I was just about to try it until I reached the bottom of the page! "Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk." Thanks though. I may try it! :) On Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 4:18 am, Pappy wrote: >Try this: > Force Users to Logon >to Windows (Windows 95/98/Me) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I disable/prevent multiuser for Windows ME so that I'm the ONLY person who can use my computer? Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 1:28 pm Posted by brian (497 messages posted) what do you mean that did nothing? when i used a bios password on my dell a dos like screen comes up asking for the password, you have three chances to enter the correct password , if not the computer shuts down. unless you mean your roomate got into the computer anyway? if you do have a bios pass word entered the next thing to do is to disable windows from booting to safe mode or dos. so which is it? there are ways to reset the bios passwords. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I disable/prevent multiuser for Windows ME so that I'm the ONLY person who can use my computer? Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 3:29 pm Posted by Steve (23811 messages posted) You can do what my Sister does. She takes the Cat5 Cable to work with her, so her Kid won't get online when he is home alone. The Kid is to cheap to buy his own cable, so it seems to work for now. Steve [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I disable/prevent multiuser for Windows ME so that I'm the ONLY person who can use my computer? Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 11:50 pm Posted by Stormblazer (5 messages posted) One, if she's virus prone, i doubt she's smart enough to reset the BIOS, and two, setting a bios user password should do something. Maybe you only set a supervisor password, which protects the bios settings, not use of the computer. Also, make sure it's set to boot from the hardrive first, that way she can't access the computer with a bootable cd or floppy. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I disable/prevent multiuser for Windows ME so that I'm the ONLY person who can use my computer? Thursday, March 3, 2005 at 12:30 pm Posted by vunsin (8 messages posted) I know... With my old computer (back in the 90s), that was what happened when I set a bios password. But now, I've set the bios password, and for some reason it doesn't ask for a password at all except for when I want to enter setup. Maybe I've missed some steps? On Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 1:28 pm, brian wrote: >what do you mean that did nothing? when i used a bios password > >on my dell a dos like screen comes up asking for the password, you > >have three chances to enter the correct password , if not the > >computer shuts down. unless you mean your roomate got into the > >computer anyway? if you do have a bios pass word entered the > >next thing to do is to disable windows from booting to safe mode > >or dos. so which is it? there are ways to reset the bios passwords. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I disable/prevent multiuser for Windows ME so that I'm the ONLY person who can use my computer? Thursday, March 3, 2005 at 12:33 pm Posted by vunsin (8 messages posted) Haha... I've thought of that. But that won't stop her from messing around with my computer. :p On Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 3:29 pm, Steve wrote: >You can do what my Sister does. She takes the Cat5 Cable to work with her, >so her Kid won't get online when he is home alone. The Kid is to cheap to buy >his own cable, so it seems to work for now. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I disable/prevent multiuser for Windows ME so that I'm the ONLY person who can use my computer? Thursday, March 3, 2005 at 12:34 pm Posted by vunsin (8 messages posted) I did set BOTH the bios password AND supervisor password. In fact, I've tried setting the bios password more than once, because it's not working and I thought I didn't save before exiting. I don't know why it's not asking for a password upon startup. My old computer did that when I set a bios password. ??? On Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 11:50 pm, Stormblazer wrote: >One, if she's virus prone, i doubt she's smart enough to reset the BIOS, and two, >setting a bios user password should do something. Maybe you only set a supervisor >password, which protects the bios settings, not use of the computer. Also, make sure >it's set to boot from the hardrive first, that way she can't access the computer >with a bootable cd or floppy. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I disable/prevent multiuser for Windows ME so that I'm the ONLY person who can use my computer? Thursday, March 3, 2005 at 6:21 pm Posted by brian (497 messages posted) maybe you didn't save the settings ? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I disable/prevent multiuser for Windows ME so that I'm the ONLY person who can use my computer? Thursday, March 3, 2005 at 11:19 pm Posted by vunsin (8 messages posted) I did. And I just figured out why it wasn't working! :) There's this tab - "security," and it was set to "setup" instead of "system." I changed it to "system" and now it asks for a password right after the memory test. :) Thanks for all your help! On Thursday, March 3, 2005 at 6:21 pm, brian wrote: >maybe you didn't save the settings ? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I disable/prevent multiuser for Windows ME so that I'm the ONLY person who can use my computer? Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 6:56 pm Posted by Stormblazer (5 messages posted) Maybe you need to update the BIOS, or the BIOS isn't working right... That is weird. If you had Linux installed, you can set a password on the bootloader, but I think there should be a way to put a password on the windows bootloader too. You could also try just taking the cable modem with you when you leave, it's not too large right? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I disable/prevent multiuser for Windows ME so that I'm the ONLY person who can use my computer? Friday, March 11, 2005 at 8:29 pm Posted by vunsin (8 messages posted) Actually, I already said that I've resolved this problem. I just forgot to set the security setting to "system" from "setup" when I was doing the BIOS setting. Thanks though. :) On Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 6:56 pm, Stormblazer wrote: >Maybe you need to update the BIOS, or the BIOS isn't working right... That is weird. >If you had Linux installed, you can set a password on the bootloader, but I think >there should be a way to put a password on the windows bootloader too. >You could also try just taking the cable modem with you when you leave, it's not >too large right? 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