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Do you password protect your computer?

tigersty1e

tigersty1e

Golden Member
I never did and was just thinking that I might start.

Someone could steal your computer and take all your information.


How secure are these password protects?
 
I use the Windows 2000 logon prompt on my own machines and disable display of the last user logged on. As far as how secure they are, its only upon the complexity of your password and how you've setup ntfs permissions and if you've made your documents private (though it would only require few extra steps to gain ownership should the physical drive get set as a slave).

I take my pc to lans and an extra step to secure your rig is to use a lockable door (should you have one available) and a bios password, since erd commander or live distros are usually floating around somewhere. Though sitting with a bunch of your friends is also a good idea too.
 
I do have a lockable door. But it's a completely stupid design. The front bay locks up, but the whole front bezel attaches away. The front lock is nothing but just for looks.


So I guess the password would just be because of roommates or multiple users.
 
I just password protect my workstation at work and lock the computer when I leave the desk. I leave the password off at home. If someone wanted to, they can just reset your administrator password and log on with the administrator account.
 
I learned early on in LANing days that if you didn't have a long, strong password, you'd come back from the bathroom to 200 open windows of g*atse or other similar horrid things.

So yes, I do password my comp. Very strongly 🙂
 
another good reason was an april fool prank I got one coworker with. He didnt like to lock his workstation so I installed a William Hung theme so every action he got to hear "She Bangs"!
 
There are many password reset programs out. If some one wants your info they can get it. Also just taking the hard drive out and slave to another pc and your info is gone.
Wayne
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
A password won't protect your data.

I password most of mine. I encrypt really sensitive data.
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Ding - winner. Give me thirty seconds and I'll nuke a Windows XP or earlier password.

Does NTPASSWD still work on Vista?

- M4H
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
A password won't protect your data.

I password most of mine. I encrypt really sensitive data.
Click to expand...

Ding - winner. Give me thirty seconds and I'll nuke a Windows XP or earlier password.

Does NTPASSWD still work on Vista?

- M4H
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no
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
A password won't protect your data.

I password most of mine. I encrypt really sensitive data.
Click to expand...

Ding - winner. Give me thirty seconds and I'll nuke a Windows XP or earlier password.

Does NTPASSWD still work on Vista?

- M4H
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Yeah, but it's still enough to keep my non-savvy roommate from snooping around.
 
I password, absolutely.

Over 10 characters, alphanumeric, special characters and no basis on dictionary terms. That's at the weakest.

It takes a while to type, but Oph and a 'cheap' rainbow couldn't crack it, and I know a brute force would take forever.

Gotta...save...my...anime.

Yeah, that's it. 😛
 
Originally posted by: Noema
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
A password won't protect your data.

I password most of mine. I encrypt really sensitive data.
Click to expand...

Ding - winner. Give me thirty seconds and I'll nuke a Windows XP or earlier password.

Does NTPASSWD still work on Vista?

- M4H
Click to expand...

Yeah, but it's still enough to keep my non-savvy roommate from snooping around.
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Heh, same here. I don't have anything incredibly valuable that omg haxxors could steal on me but I mostly use the windows password to stop people in my flat using my PC 😛.
 
Mine is PW protected twice...at the motherboard and into windows, and I don't save passwords for any websites. Wife got into an email account a while back and read all my mail. Didn't find anything, because there was nothing, but still...lesson learned.
 
Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
i'm going to have to start since my roommate always puts meatspin on it.
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:laugh:

Before we started disallowing write-access across the LAN, I'd rename his C:/program files/program X folder to "goat porn" so that when program X gave him an error and then searched for programx.exe it'd find it in the goat porn folder 🙂. Setting the wallpaper to goatse/lemonparty was common practice if you leave your computer unlocked, and don't be surprised to find any open IRC/MSN conversations containing a supposed admission of your homosexuality to anyone online.
 
I have my own 2003 level domain at home. My machines also have HD Lock installed which requires a USB key and seperate passcode to logon.

Pulling the drive out of the machine will do you no good as the entire drive is encrypted with HD Lock.

Resetting the local admin password will do you no good as you need the USB passcode (which is NOT stored on the USB key) to logon.

😎
 
Originally posted by: Roguestar
Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
i'm going to have to start since my roommate always puts meatspin on it.
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:laugh:

Before we started disallowing write-access across the LAN, I'd rename his C:/program files/program X folder to "goat porn" so that when program X gave him an error and then searched for programx.exe it'd find it in the goat porn folder 🙂. Setting the wallpaper to goatse/lemonparty was common practice if you leave your computer unlocked, and don't be surprised to find any open IRC/MSN conversations containing a supposed admission of your homosexuality to anyone online.
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🙂 lol, The worst I did to an unprotected laptop is installed a program that would copy a wallpaper to his C drive and set that to his wallpaper every 30 seconds (it was "All your base are belong to us") I laughed so hard when he was like "What did you do to it!!"
 
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