You can open the computer's BIOS and set a password.
Setting a BIOS Password
http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=biospsw&s=articles
===> Accessing Motherboard BIOS
===> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

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Windows XP - Shell/User
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| Is there a way to set a power-on password on a Windows XP
| machine? Drives me crazy when I come in and discover some
| idiot has been using mine!
|
| Thanks!
or did you mean a ctrl alt delete login? that can also be
turned on in home version... poke around in the control
panel...
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>Is there a way to set a power-on password on a Windows XP
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>Thanks!
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