Windows Logon Screen

I have been reading Haking Windows Vista by Steve Scinchak- early inhis book
he teaches how to change the logon screen so that you it requires you enter a
user name and a password on the logon screen. I followed his instructions
and learned that since I have home Prem. and not business or ult. I do not
have access to "secpol.msc" which allows me to make the change. Do I have to
pay the $160 to upgrade or is there a way around this?

believe it or not I like vista- have been loyal- and will always be- but
really can't afford another $160 after the $1,500 dollars I paid for my new
lap top.

Why don't you just go into Control Panel; access your user account, and put a
password in!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Keithline" wrote:

> I have been reading Haking Windows Vista by Steve Scinchak- early inhis book
> he teaches how to change the logon screen so that you it requires you enter a
> user name and a password on the logon screen. I followed his instructions
> and learned that since I have home Prem. and not business or ult. I do not
> have access to "secpol.msc" which allows me to make the change. Do I have to
> pay the $160 to upgrade or is there a way around this?
>
> believe it or not I like vista- have been loyal- and will always be- but
> really can't afford another $160 after the $1,500 dollars I paid for my new
> lap top.
>

Hi,

Click start, type "control userpasswords2" and hit <enter>. Click continue
at the prompt. Go to the advanced tab, enable the secure logon option.
There's no need for secpol.msc (and there is no substitute for it on Home
systems).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Keithline" <> wrote in message
news:85A88F7B-286B-48EB-B360-...
>I have been reading Haking Windows Vista by Steve Scinchak- early inhis
>book
> he teaches how to change the logon screen so that you it requires you
> enter a
> user name and a password on the logon screen. I followed his instructions
> and learned that since I have home Prem. and not business or ult. I do
> not
> have access to "secpol.msc" which allows me to make the change. Do I have
> to
> pay the $160 to upgrade or is there a way around this?
>
> believe it or not I like vista- have been loyal- and will always be- but
> really can't afford another $160 after the $1,500 dollars I paid for my
> new
> lap top.
>