re: Password Protection Needed Friday, October 19, 2007 at 12:25 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Larry (1364 messages posted) Go to Start>Control Panel>User Accounts. Select your account and from there you can set/change/delete a password, change the picture etc. Unfortunately though, many people just leave it at that and think they're safe. There is also a built in Administrator account in XP that's "hidden" so to speak. If someone boots your machine into Safe Mode that account will be revealed and they will have full access to the machine. So, after you set your main account password and reboot to make sure it works and gives you access, reboot into Safe Mode and set a DIFFERENT password for the built in Administrator account as well. Be sure you write them BOTH down and keep them in a safe place. On Friday, October 19, 2007 at 11:02 am, sky42 wrote: >I'm running Windows XP (upgrade). How do I set a password protect for startup? I >have set "on resume - password protect" in display but this doesn't offer protection >on initial startup, that is, when I power the machine on it goes right to the desktop! >I have only one account active - mine - as administrator. How do I get the password >protect feature to activate prior to the desktop? I want to block any/all users from >accessing this machine. Written in response to: Password Protection Needed (sky42: Friday, October 19, 2007 at 11:02 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Password Protection Needed (sky42: Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 11:02 am) re: Password Protection Needed (Larry: Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 12:25 pm) re: Password Protection Needed (666: Sat, Oct 20, 2007, 2:32 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum