Use the Syskey command of Win7 system to set the system startup password

No matter what kind of operating system the computer is installed, there are some security risks. In order to protect the security of the system and data, let's use the following. The Syskey command of the Win7 system sets the system startup password and adds a security lock to the Win7 system. Definition of Syskey.exe: Syskey.exe is called the Windows NT system key. Exists in the Windows NT kernel system. This command is available in Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. Its location is C:\\Windows\\System32 (Winnt\\system32), which is the SAM locking tool. Syskey.exe role: The role of the Syskey.exe command is to protect the SAM database of the operating system. The Windows NT kernel operating system is a multi-user operating system. It is essential for user authentication. The user's username, password, and other information are stored in the SAM database under the Windows\\System32\\config folder as a separate file. SAM has no suffix name. If there is a problem with the operating system's SAM database, it will face the consequences of not being able to authenticate, failing to enter the operating system, or losing the user's password, without having to authenticate directly into the operating system (after removing the Windows 2000 database). Therefore, it is important to protect the security of the SAM database.

The specific steps are as follows:

1. Click Win7“Start”Button → in the Start menu bar, select “Run”, as shown in Figure 1:
1 Start running

2. In the “Run” window, enter Syskey and click “OK”, as shown in Figure 2:
Figure 2 Enter Syskey

3. In the "Security window of the Windows account database" window, click "Update", as shown in Figure 3:
Figure 3 point update

4. In the presence of “ Start the key & rdquo; window, click & ldquo; password start (P) & rdquo;, enter the system startup password in the "password" and "confirm" input box, click "and confirm" after the input is complete, such as Figure 4:

PS:“Password" and “Confirm” The password entered in the input box should be the same.
Figure 4 Click the password to start the input password

5. In the “Startup Key of the Account Database has changed”, click “Delete” in the success prompt window, as shown in Figure 5. :
Figure 5 Confirm the prompt success

6. After the computer restarts, before entering the welcome interface, the “Startup Password” window will pop up, as shown in Figure 6:
Figure 6 Start password window

[Warm reminder] After setting the system startup password, restart the computer. Before entering the user login screen of the welcome screen, a dialog box will pop up prompting the user to enter the startup password. Only the correct input is entered. The user login screen can be accessed only after the password is activated.