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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Was that the same version of Windows where you could click "cancel" to bypass the login prompt?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

early win98 and i think even into second edition you could just click the close window x button on the login window and it would just dump you onto the desktop. my parents thought adding a password would stop late night gaming.... nope worked till i got discovered one fateful nigbt and i was grounded till i revealed how i found out what the password was.

was eye opening for my father who then started just taking the power cords off the monitor and psu.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My parents had the power cord in locked box, so you need a key to turn the computer on, which only they have.
Me and all my siblings learnt to pick lock.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What did you use as tools, or was it a masterlock?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

masterlock..... just touch it.... breathe on it .... threaten it with a speed square....

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

threaten it with another masterlock…

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

TBF, my parents tried that power cord solution first as I was the "techy type" in the family. It just taught me to hide the fact that I had extras. 🤪

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

There was one like that? I remember the sticky-keys bypass but not that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

All the login prompt did back then was let users save user specific settings. Your best bet back then was a BIOS password.