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krypton
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November 10, 2015, 08:20:24 AM »
hello
how to lock and protect my drive in my laptop from accessing by any other ppl who using my laptop?
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Eddy
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November 10, 2015, 12:08:03 PM »
Put a password in the bios as well as in the OS on all user accounts that are present.
If you allow others to use the laptop, make sure they can only use a guest account with limited rights.
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INDEPENDENT support (chat for Windows, Windows apps, and many other things), just state the problem/ask your question in the channel and have patience
NO SECURITY TOOL PROTECTS A SYSTEM AGAINST THE STUPIDITY OF A USER
krypton
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November 10, 2015, 05:33:03 PM »
any simple way to protect it?
any software for it?
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November 10, 2015, 05:36:58 PM »
What I told is the simple way.
Software ?
Sure, the OS (Windows).
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Re: lock drive
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November 10, 2015, 06:06:10 PM »
@Krypton
Use Google searches!
Here's just one:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158292/Enable_BIOS_Passwords_for_Extra_Security.html
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