Unlike Windows NT/2000, the login
window in Windows 9x/Me can be easily
bypassed by pressing the [Esc] key or
by clicking Cancel. So, it’s possible that a
third person who turns on your PC can
gain access to your personal information.
To prevent this from happening,
first make sure that the user profiles are
created and enabled for each user, and
that the ‘Include Start Menu and Program
Groups in User Settings’ option in
the Control Panel is enabled for each
user.
Reboot the PC in Safe Mode by hitting
the [F8] key during Startup and
choosing Safe Mode from the Boot
Options. This is very important because
if something goes wrong, you can always
reboot your computer in the safe mode
and rectify the problem.
Type regedit.exe in Start > Run. Find the
following key in the Registry:
HKEY_USERS/Default/Software/Micros
oft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run. In
the right-hand pane, right-click and
choose New String Values, and rename it
as FixLogon. Finally, open the FixLogon
entry you’ve just created (by doubleclicking
on the right-pane of the Registry
Editor window) and specify the following
command as its Value
data: rundll.exe user.exe,
EXITWINDOWS.Reboot your
PC to save the changes. If
you want to restore the
old setting, delete this key.