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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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