I need to password protect my pc and don't have that option available, I
think all the passwords are turned off, how do I get at least one user to
have them turned back on so I can password protect.

Control Panel, User Accounts. Select your user and assign a password.

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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"hoopla63" <hoopla63@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B9894065-7F53-47FF-A1A0-25C7FE96E75E@microsoft.com...
>I need to password protect my pc and don't have that option available, I
> think all the passwords are turned off, how do I get at least one user to
> have them turned back on so I can password protect.

I did that, then rebooted, still came up with no password request

"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:

> Control Panel, User Accounts. Select your user and assign a password.
>
> --
> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> http://www.dougknox.com
> --------------------------------
> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
> --------------------------------
> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
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> "hoopla63" <hoopla63@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B9894065-7F53-47FF-A1A0-25C7FE96E75E@microsoft.com...
> >I need to password protect my pc and don't have that option available, I
> > think all the passwords are turned off, how do I get at least one user to
> > have them turned back on so I can password protect.
>

Click Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 Make sure box, Users must enter username and password...... is checked.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"hoopla63" <hoopla63@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:253437D4-292D-4759-9AB1-E31788E3849F@microsoft.com...
>I did that, then rebooted, still came up with no password request
>
> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:
>
>> Control Panel, User Accounts. Select your user and assign a password.
>>
>> --
>> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
>> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>> http://www.dougknox.com
>> --------------------------------
>> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
>> --------------------------------
>> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>>
>> "hoopla63" <hoopla63@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B9894065-7F53-47FF-A1A0-25C7FE96E75E@microsoft.com...
>> >I need to password protect my pc and don't have that option available, I
>> > think all the passwords are turned off, how do I get at least one user to
>> > have them turned back on so I can password protect.
>>