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Re: File Encryption - Laptop


From: "Chris Berry" <compjma () hotmail com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:37:14 -0700

From: Sean Earp <smearp () mac com>
Windows 98 is NOT a secure operating system by ANY stretch of the imagination and you can not use EFS with it. Even password protecting the machine offers you NO protection, as you can bypass the password by simply hitting the escape key.

I totally agree that win98 is NOT secure, however, for this particular problem there is a registry hack.

System Key: Hkey_Local_Machine\Network\Logon
Value Name: MustBeValidated
Data Type:    Reg_Dword
Value Data:   0 = disable, 1 = enable

Chris Berry
compjma () hotmail com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates

"You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everything else." -- Tyler Durden

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