Rick,

I'm not sure if this is the answer but I used a program called WIN-U that
can be set to several levels of protection. I had it set up on a computer
that I wanted everyone to use but not to be able configure. Look at this
web site:    http://www.bardon.com/products.htm.   I also found it by
entering http://www.winu.com

Let me know if this works for you.

Regards,

Marv Trott

At 12:50 PM 3/1/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Many of the machines I work with in my job are public machines (in the
>library for example), and I have found a fairly decent solution to prevent
>users from changing things once inside of Windows. The machines are more or
>less protected from booting from A: by setting the boot sequence inside the
>bios setup.
>
>What I need is a way to prevent users form getting into the bios during the
>POST. I've experimented with the bios password protection, but that causes
>the machine to need a password entered before it will bootup at all.
>
>What I want is some way to set a password for *entering* the bios/cmos
>setup, but to not need a password to enable a boot or reboot.
>
>That's about as clear as mud. Let me try again- I want to password protect
>the bios, but not have to enter a password to do a normal boot.
>
>Anybody know of an answer for this?
>
>
>Thanks-
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>Rick Lindstrom
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>Tallahassee, FL. USA
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