Add a lock for Windows XP

        Windows XP is the most secure operating system in the Windows family, and it provides us with a good password protection mechanism. Although there are many newspapers and magazines that describe how to lose access to Windows XP and how to enter Windows XP, this does not mean that Windows XP is very vulnerable, because Microsoft has provided us with strong security measures in Windows XP: With the Syskey command, we can set the boot password for Windows XP. This password is higher than the user password, and can also generate a key disk, which is equivalent to adding a strong lock to Windows XP.

System startup password setting

In Windows XP, click "Start → Run", enter "Syskey" in the input box, run the system password setting program, enter as shown in Figure 1. Dialog. Click the "Update" button in the dialog box to enter the password setting dialog box as shown in Figure 2. Select the "Password Startup" radio button, then enter the same password in the following window, and save the settings to complete the system startup password settings. If you want to cancel the system startup password, just select "Save startup password on this machine" in the "Startup Password" window. After "OK", the system will let you enter the set system startup password. After the system password is saved, the system password will be saved. Your hard disk is up, and the system startup password window no longer appears the next time you start it. After a while

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restart the system, the system will first be prompted to enter the password to start only after the correct input The Windows user name and password input interface will appear, just like setting the system password in BiOS, and adding another level before entering Windows.

Making a key disk

The "Syskey" system password setting program also has the function of generating a key disk. Only users with a key disk can enter Windows XP, just like some anti-virus software requires a key disk for anti-virus, and a self-protection function.

In the "Startup Password" window shown in Figure 2, select "System Generated Password", and then select "Save Startup Password on Floppy Disk", the program will prompt you to insert a floppy disk, after "OK" The password file is automatically saved to the floppy disk, and the work of making the key disk is completed. The next time you start your computer, you will be prompted to insert a key disk for password verification.

How about, with this lock, is your Windows XP more secure?