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

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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.

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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.

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

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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. 🤪

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

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

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