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From: dixon@sagittarius.crd.ge.com (walt dixon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How can I disable Control-C?
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Date: 16 Jun 89 14:13:59 GMT
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In a previous article Erik Liljencrantz writes

>Disabling Control-C can be done in many ways as discussed in previous
>messages (not qouted here). My solution is a devicedriver included in
>CONFIG.SYS, which captures control before AUTOEXEC.BAT is read. The
>device driver prompts for a password and if it's correct the devicedriver
>unloads most of itself and booting continues. It's not a complete login/
>password system like in Un*x, but it keep intruders (without their own
>bootdisks) away. It is IMPOSSIBLE to boot from the harddisk without the
>password, but again, a dosdisk can be used...

Once the system is booted from a floppy disk, config.sys can be deleted or
edited.  The password protection has been removed.


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