Has somebody been using your pc while your away?

[Twista]

Heres a good way i just thought of:

Just check for the times you know you wasnt @ home =) Since this is atot im guessing everyone knows to find the event viewer.

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/1144/event9ht.jpg

 

[Hyperblaze]

Heh. When I used to live with roommates. Did not trust my roommate to stay clear of my computer.

What I did was pretty simple. Re-editted the lilo boat loader and didn't reload it (which would cause my computer not to boot up properly)A simple "fdisk /mbr" and boot up by floppy allowed me to fix it. But my roommmates didn't know that


I thought of making my computer password protected, but that would of just told my roommates flat out that I did not trust them.

I was going for the suble approach.

 

[Twista]

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze
Heh. When I used to live with roommates. Did not trust my roommate to stay clear of my computer.

What I did was pretty simple. Re-editted the lilo boat loader and didn't reload it (which would cause my computer not to boot up properly)A simple "fdisk /mbr" and boot up by floppy allowed me to fix it. But my roommmates didn't know that


I thought of making my computer password protected, but that would of just told my roommates flat out that I did not trust them.

I was going for the suble approach.

Lol, nice nice.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I don't care what people think about who I trust, etc.

I have always locked my PC (at the very least a screensaver password)
Or when I was going to let someone else use it, I would create a seperate account with less rights, and log myself off....

Nowadays Nobody at all touches my main PC ever except for me. a bunch of people have access to my Server. I'm pretty much the only person who uses my laptop, though I did lend it to a friend for a while when he went on vacation (to plug into the hotel ethernet so he could get on the web and check his mail.) I have a bunch of work related software on it, so I'm careful who I trust with it. Then my secondary windows rig, I let just about anyone use, it's purpose is gaming and just to have as a backup in case my laptop fails (have all the VPN and other work stuff installed there) or if my main rig fails.

 

[sniperruff]

when i was in the dorm, i lock my computer whenever i step out... shower, bathroom... whatever. crtl alt dlt + enter = win

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
when i was in the dorm, i lock my computer whenever i step out... shower, bathroom... whatever. crtl alt dlt + enter = win

Window + L = win

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: sniperruff
when i was in the dorm, i lock my computer whenever i step out... shower, bathroom... whatever. crtl alt dlt + enter = win

Window + L = win

ftw

 

[hjo3]

Always lock my machine when I'm not sitting at it (and I live alone). Alt+Ctrl+Del, Enter. It's a good habit to get into, IMHO.

 

[BCYL]

Company policy: Lock our laptops whenever we are not sitting at it

 

[oogabooga]

i would lock my computer in the dorms but in my apartment currently i trust my roommates and a couple of them even play WoW with my computer so i can't keep it lock, less i wanna face a beatdown

 

[mchammer]

Originally posted by: oogabooga
i would lock my computer in the dorms but in my apartment currently i trust my roommates and a couple of them even play WoW with my computer so i can't keep it lock, less i wanna face a beatdown

dude use ninja on their asses

 

[yellowg555]

I always window + L when I step away from my computer. After letting my roommates use it and seeing some stuff disappear, get moved around, etc, I just lock it up now.

 

[mwtgg]

My away what?

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: BW86

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: sniperruff
when i was in the dorm, i lock my computer whenever i step out... shower, bathroom... whatever. crtl alt dlt + enter = win

Window + L = win

ftw

FYI: Win + L only works on XP. Win2k requires CtrlAltDel + Enter to lock.

I always lock my machines when away from them, both at work and home.

 

[tami]

remote administrator for the win

 

[archcommus]

But really, all someone has to do is use a bootable CD to erase your Windows password and reboot the thing. Then they're in.

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: archcommus
But really, all someone has to do is use a bootable CD to erase your Windows password and reboot the thing. Then they're in.

That's why you also use a boot password...

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: archcommus
But really, all someone has to do is use a bootable CD to erase your Windows password and reboot the thing. Then they're in.

That's why you also use a boot password...

All they need to do is clear CMOS.

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: archcommus
But really, all someone has to do is use a bootable CD to erase your Windows password and reboot the thing. Then they're in.

That's why you also use a boot password...

All they need to do is clear CMOS.

Which is why you lock your case. Man, are you new?

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: archcommus
But really, all someone has to do is use a bootable CD to erase your Windows password and reboot the thing. Then they're in.

That's why you also use a boot password...

All they need to do is clear CMOS.

Which is why you lock your case. Man, are you new?

All they need to do is use bolt cutters.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: archcommus
But really, all someone has to do is use a bootable CD to erase your Windows password and reboot the thing. Then they're in.

That's why you also use a boot password...

All they need to do is clear CMOS.

Which is why you lock your case. Man, are you new?

or you could just hise your boot files on another partition and have another copy of win XP on the primary boot drive??


can you do that?

 

Auditing is standard practice.

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: archcommus
But really, all someone has to do is use a bootable CD to erase your Windows password and reboot the thing. Then they're in.

That's why you also use a boot password...

All they need to do is clear CMOS.

Which is why you lock your case. Man, are you new?

All they need to do is use bolt cutters.

If people are coming into your house armed with bolt cutters you have bigger problems than computer security.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: archcommus
But really, all someone has to do is use a bootable CD to erase your Windows password and reboot the thing. Then they're in.

That's why you also use a boot password...

All they need to do is clear CMOS.

Which is why you lock your case. Man, are you new?

All they need to do is use bolt cutters.

If people are coming into your house armed with bolt cutters you have bigger problems than computer security.

Lol very true.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

I use mine while away, I also have retarted amounts of logs I keep up with since my 2003 server hosts a couple of web sites for me.