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Re: Boot Up nemo_outis 01-27-2007
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Posted by nemo_outis on January 27, 2007, 11:29 am
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> Does anyone know if you can set up a boot up password in Win XP the
> way you can have it in Win 98SE? All I can see in XP is a setup for a
> user once windoz loads up, a set up for user accounts and preferences?


Standard Windows XP does not have this feature intrinsically but does make
it fairly easy to do by facilitating swapping (or complementing) the
standard msgina.dll for (with) another custom one.

A number of third-party vendors produce custom GINAs for smart-card
authentication, password prompting, etc. There are also some malware
replacement ginas that subsequently steal the ordinary logon password, etc.

One of the more interesting Ginas is TCGINA which allows Truecrypt to be
used for encrypting much of a user's profile including registry settings,
etc. See: http://www.truecrypt.org/third-party-projects/tcgina/

Google on Gina for lots more.

Regards,





Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?j=F8rgen?= on January 27, 2007, 11:44 am
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nemo_outis wrote:
> Standard Windows XP does not have this feature

Actually it does

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310105

Posted by nemo_outis on January 27, 2007, 12:14 pm
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$edfadb0f@dtext01.news.tele.dk:

> nemo_outis wrote:
>> Standard Windows XP does not have this feature
>
> Actually it does
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310105
>

Excellent point!

I was going to also suggest using GRUB or some other bootloader with a
password but like the Gina variants that wouldn't be particularly strong.

Regards,


Posted by amadeus on January 27, 2007, 5:23 pm
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> $edfadb0f@dtext01.news.tele.dk:
>
>> nemo_outis wrote:
>>> Standard Windows XP does not have this feature
>>
>> Actually it does
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310105
>>
>
> Excellent point!
>
> I was going to also suggest using GRUB or some other bootloader with a
> password but like the Gina variants that wouldn't be particularly strong.
>
> Regards,
Thanks for your help everyone, I think it's the BIOS bootup I want
>





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