password protect Win 98

Is there any way to password protect Windows 98 on start-
up? (and not be able to by-pass it by chosing cancel)
Thanks in advance for the help.

Steven
Wed Aug 06 11:12:07 CDT 2003

Windows 98 can not be effectively password protected and has a
insecure file system in fat32. You would need Windows 2000 or XP to have
that capability. -- Steve

"northman" <northman497@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is there any way to password protect Windows 98 on start-
> up? (and not be able to by-pass it by chosing cancel)
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>

Lanwench
Wed Aug 06 11:11:28 CDT 2003

Not in any fashion that a clever seven year old couldn't bypass. Win9x/ME
are not designed with security in mind. Consider upgrading to 2k/XP.

northman wrote:
> Is there any way to password protect Windows 98 on start-
> up? (and not be able to by-pass it by chosing cancel)
> Thanks in advance for the help.

Jake
Wed Aug 06 12:04:30 CDT 2003

3rd party software can still accomplish relatively secure Win9x
authentication. I would still also suggest upgrading to 2k or XP, since 98
is inherently an unstable and insecure OS... but I have used programs like
Fortres 101 to effectively secure lab machines from college students in the
past.
--
Jake W. Paris

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Not in any fashion that a clever seven year old couldn't bypass. Win9x/ME
> are not designed with security in mind. Consider upgrading to 2k/XP.
>
> northman wrote:
> > Is there any way to password protect Windows 98 on start-
> > up? (and not be able to by-pass it by chosing cancel)
> > Thanks in advance for the help.
>
>

Lanwench
Wed Aug 06 21:39:29 CDT 2003

Ah, then you weren't teaching clever seven-year-olds. ;-)

Jake Paris wrote:
> 3rd party software can still accomplish relatively secure Win9x
> authentication. I would still also suggest upgrading to 2k or XP,
> since 98 is inherently an unstable and insecure OS... but I have used
> programs like Fortres 101 to effectively secure lab machines from
> college students in the past.
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:u2tIVbDXDHA.652@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Not in any fashion that a clever seven year old couldn't bypass.
>> Win9x/ME are not designed with security in mind. Consider upgrading
>> to 2k/XP.
>>
>> northman wrote:
>>> Is there any way to password protect Windows 98 on start-
>>> up? (and not be able to by-pass it by chosing cancel)
>>> Thanks in advance for the help.