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Old 24th December 2010 | 14:27
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747 jock
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Computer log on security advice

Hi,

I will shortly be going abroad for a few weeks and will be taking my laptop with me, At present I don't have any log on password set up on it as it's only ever used in my house and there isn't anything too important or personal stored on it.

However, while I'm away I will be accessing and storing quite a few work related e-mails, so I thought it would be a good idea to secure the computer a bit.
Reading up on this, I've been lead to believe that the windows log on password system isn't very secure and can easily be bypassed by someone with a little bit of knowledge, so I was hoping someone on here could give me some recommendations or advice as how best to go about making my laptop a bit harder for someone to get into.

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