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    Newbie with a question - How to secure laptop

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by BlkOps, Mar 1, 2009.

  1. BlkOps

    BlkOps Newbie

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    I have a military CAC reader for my personal laptop. I have two different profiles on the laptop. Is there a way to secure one of the profiles, where it can only be accessed using my CAC? :confused:
     
    BlkOps, Mar 1, 2009
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    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    To save you the time of setting up an administrator account and stumbling throw locking everything off, dual booting may be a simple solution to do so. Creating a third account as admin, and two restricted user accounts (your CAC and other) may be a possible solution. The issue here is that it is not as secure. If you are worried about a general physical threat, a BIOS/HDD password may be useful as well. Unfortunately, I do not know how the CAC reader specifically works, so I am afraid this is all I have. Possibly wait for someone with some first hand xp. Good luck.
     
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