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.

[–] oyenyaaow@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] coloredgrayscale@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What did you use as tools, or was it a masterlock?

[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

masterlock..... just touch it.... breathe on it .... threaten it with a speed square....

[–] theolodger 3 points 1 year ago

threaten it with another masterlock…

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 7 points 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. 🤪

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

There was one like that? I remember the sticky-keys bypass but not that.

[–] yum13241@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

All the login prompt did back then was let users save user specific settings. Your best bet back then was a BIOS password.