Expert: James Filmer - 4/2/2010

Question
QUESTION: james

a friend told me that i have no password lock and i need to get one

how do i correct this problem

thanx

piug4

ANSWER: cal,

There's a HTML Password Lock to protect web pages, a Password Protection lock for computers, and a password to lock files and folders; there's even an Internet Password lock. Laptop hard drives have a password locks too.

Perhaps, you could find out exactly what they were getting at, or do some search engine research, but I don't see a "need" for any of them without good reasons (related to the specifics of each "lock" mentioned). Would be happy to help, but need to know a little more.

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QUESTION: james

my friend suggested i get a password protection lock for computers

so that it couldn't access my computer from outside

pls advise

thanx

cal

Answer
To keep things things, it's best you decide (since I don't know what system you're on), which of the following methods is right for you.

http://kb.iu.edu/data/acdt.html

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294317

http://www.it.utah.edu/services/helpDesk/computerhelp/locking_faq.html