Password protected account does not prompt for password at b
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From: Shenan Stanley on 24 Jul 2010 21:05 dareys wrote: > Due to severe hacking of three machines where I was working with an > account with full administrator privileges I learned that it is > best to not use that for web access and configure a single account > without privileges. > > After password protecting the accounts with administrator > privileges, as well as the account without, I have noticed that > when I boot, I am automatically logged into one of the > administrator without typing a password although I assigned one... > > How do I make sure that when Windows XP SP3 Home Edition boots, I > will have to choose an account and type in the password to access > it? Ensure you do not have it set for automatic logon. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: dareys on 25 Jul 2010 14:45 Shenan, Yep. That was the issue. You rule. Thank you. Jean-Pierre "Shenan Stanley" wrote: > dareys wrote: > > Due to severe hacking of three machines where I was working with an > > account with full administrator privileges I learned that it is > > best to not use that for web access and configure a single account > > without privileges. > > > > After password protecting the accounts with administrator > > privileges, as well as the account without, I have noticed that > > when I boot, I am automatically logged into one of the > > administrator without typing a password although I assigned one... > > > > How do I make sure that when Windows XP SP3 Home Edition boots, I > > will have to choose an account and type in the password to access > > it? > > Ensure you do not have it set for automatic logon. > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > > . >
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