There are other programs that allow you to access/reset/delete all passwords on a PC that I sometimes use (as geeve420 also said) for repairing PC's whose owners have forgotten their passwords.
If her daughter is using such a program then there's not much that can be done except for maybe putting the PC in a room under lock and key.
Gotcha. Thank you.
OK, there is a possibility your daughter is using a bootable device to run your computer from it's CD/DVD drive or a USB stick.
To preclude this possibility, restart your computer, look for prompt to enter BIOS setup (F2 on Dell), in BIOS setup choose the Security tab, add a strong Administrator password for Power-On.
On the same tab, look for Device Security settings to disable CD/DVD drive, USB and all other devices shown ability to boot the computer without the Admin password.
Save the settings and exit.
If these settings are not easily found, let us know the exact computer model and we will look them up in the Manual to customize these steps.
No problem gregrocker! I wasn't sure how to explain that without getting in trouble :)
I wonder how long it will be before the daughter shows up on here for help on how to get around what her Mother is doing LOL
Geeve
How do you think she would get around a BIOS password with boot options disabled?
I don't think she could even reflash the BIOS.
Wow.I guess you could lock the box itself.
This brings us back to Brink's original suggestion to encrypt with Bitlocker which uses a flash stick key.
I have always clean reinstalled to get past password problems and never messed with hacking them. But I was using a boot disk to rescue the files so I should have realized its potential for mayhem.
Thanks, I learned a lot here. I hope SuperMom has as well and can pull together a strategy.
Yeah it's scary stuff!! As a repair guy, they are great tools and a dream come true, however as we can see here, they are also a complete nightmare if used for badWow.
This brings us back to Brink's original suggestion to encrypt with Bitlocker which uses a flash stick key.
I have always clean reinstalled to get past password problems and never messed with hacking them. But I was using a boot disk to rescue the files so I should have realized its potential for mayhem.
Thanks, I learned a lot here.
Geeve
I think it would be far less easy to guess a well-picked password than to steal the usb key at some point to boot the computer, based on the accesses it appears that the daughter has.
BIOS password + bitlocker/truecrypt/pgp (whatever you care to use) full disk encryption with password
If that doesn't solve this problem, then you're gonna need to contact your local military enlistment office.
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