Restricting Logon Access

If you work in a multiuser computing environment, and you have full (administrator level) access to your computer, you might want to restrict unauthorized access to your "sensitive" files under Windows 95/98.

One way is to disable the Cancel button in the Logon dialog box.

Just run Regedit and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Network/Logon

Create the "Logon" subkey if it is not present on your machine:

highlight the Network key

-> right-click in the left hand Regedit pane

-> select New -> Key

-> name it "Logon" (no quotes)

-> press Enter.

Then add/modify a DWORD value and call it "MustBeValidated" (don't type the quotes).

Double-click it, check the Decimal box and type 1 for value.

Now click the Start button -> Shut Down (Log off UserName) -> Log on as a different user, and you'll notice that the Logon Cancel button has been disabled.