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  • this_1_is_mine
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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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      1 year ago

      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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      1 year ago

      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. 🤪