How to set the screensaver password safe

If we don't want someone else to move our computer, the best thing to do is to install a power-on password program to limit intruders, but if you don't have this kind of software or you're too lazy to look. No problem! You can use the screen saver under Windows, because the screen saver in Windows can set the password, we are through this feature to set the power-on password with screensavers.

1. First right click on the desktop, select "Properties" in the pop-up menu, the Display Properties window appears, select the Screen saver page, select your favorite screen saver (select Aquarium screensaver), wait for time to fill in, and then click "Set" on the checkbox before password protection. , fill in your password, this password is the power-on password.

2. Click "Start" → "find", (or press "win+f" key combination) in the pop-up lookup window in the name of the input box to enter the selected screen saver program name, input AQUARIUM.SCR, look for a C disk, after the loss, click the "Find" button. Drag the found screensaver into the "start" → "program" → "Start", which is to run this plus-screen screensaver every time you boot up.

Although this screensaver can limit the access of illegal users, if the illegal user encountered is an old bird, he may go into "safe mode" to remove the screensaver in the boot, so that the password will be cracked.

The following author introduced another plan to prohibit illegal users to enter the "Safe Mode", that is, illegal users can not activate the Windows boot menu.

3. Click start → find, locate the "Msdos.sys" file, open it in Notepad, and then add the following lines to the option section in the file:

"Bootmulti=0" means that the setup system does not display the boot menu;

"Bootgui=1" means to enter the Windows 98 graphical user interface directly at startup;

"bootdelay=0" means "staring Windows 98 ..." at startup. Information retention time is 0 seconds;

"Bootkey=0" means that the F4, F5, F6, and F8 function keys are invalidated during the setup startup process.

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The statements added above should pay attention to the case, otherwise the effect cannot be achieved. There is also the best backup Msdos.sys, you want to restore it to cover the good.

With such modifications, the Windows Startup menu cannot be activated when the boot is turned on. This makes the power-on password more "robust."