People are using my computer!

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Every now and then people use my computer without my permission. Is there any
way to use the cookies or something else to get their passwords out so I can
just lock them out of their accounts for a while while since they got on my
computer without my permission? I know i could just lock down XP when I leave
but theres allways the few people that I dont mind using my comp that might
want to use it.
 
If you have Administrative rights, you could probably do this:

Right-click My Computer>Manage
Local Users and Groups>Users
From here you can do a couple things... easiest of which is to find the
accounts you don't want to give access to and right-click>Propertis and check
the 'Account is dissabled' option box. Or you could delete the account
entirely.

Good Luck.
 
Thought about that, but like i said, theres a few poeple that I dont mind
getting on and I just want to teach those a leasson to not use my computer.
 
If your problem is not that people are logging in under their own account on
your local machine, then you will have to do something different.

If they are logging into your account on your local machine, you can simply
change your password:
Right-click My Computer>Manage
Local Users and Groups>Users
Right-click your account and choose "Set Password"
Reset password to something different.

If these users are using your machine for network access under their own
account, I'm afrad there is nothing you can do to prevent it with exception
of locking your workstation while away, and even then an admistrator on the
network will be able to unlock your pc.
 
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