You can provide added level of security to your WINDOWS XP System. This is called securing your
Windows XP accounts database. You can store all information related to your accounts in a encrypted
form on a floppy disk. What this would do is that if You do not have access to your floppy disk, You
can not access the system. I am not sure You realized what I just said ! Even if You know your
userid/password, You will not be able to access the system unless and until You have this startup disk.
Process of generating the this secure startup floppy disk is simple. Go to START-RUN and type
syskey. You would see a window coming up. Click on Upgrade command button. You would see
another window poping up which will give You the option of storing the encrypted accounts database
either locally or on your floppy disk. Choose floppy disk and click OK and let the process complete.
You are done.
Next time You reboot the computer and get to the logon prompt, make sure that You have the
floppy disk available in A: drive else You can not log on.
