> > Win95 provides no "authentication" by itself. It needs to belong to an NT > > Domain or NDS for this. So, without third party support, you're out of > > luck. > > Not so. Win95 provides "share level" authentication of any local > filesystems you share. That qualifies as authentication.
But only for people accessing the machine via the network. It sounds like the original poster was looking for a utility to monitor usage based on who is using the physical machine itself. The "console" authentification provided by Win95 is just a routine to unlock a "password file" for network access - nothing more. You can even bypass it by hitting the 'Cancel' button when it asks for a password. So it's not an effective way of figuring out who is using the machine (or restricting access). There might be a way to configure Win95 (via the registry) to require a valid password when logging in at the "console". But I'm not sure how. I would never use a Windows 95 machine as a "public access" terminal. I've seen somebody build a super-secure "public access" Win 3.1 machine however (involving lots of bizarre contortions). Windows NT has a "real" login prompt, so it might be possible to do something more along those lines. Of course, with Linux, it's easy. Cheers, - Jim
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