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At an event a few weeks back, Steve Lamb<\/a> mentioned using the syskey utility to secure a Windows system. Even though it’s a standard Windows utility, I’d never heard of it before and Steve has now written about syskey on his blog<\/a>, along with a follow up post on storing the keys on a USB token<\/a> (think of it as a kind of ignition key for a Windows computer).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At an event a few weeks back, Steve Lamb mentioned using the syskey utility to secure a Windows system. Even though it’s a standard Windows utility, I’d never heard of it before and Steve has now written about syskey on his blog, along with a follow up post on storing the keys on a USB … Continue reading Securing your Windows computer with syskey<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[99,43],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-windows-xp","tag-security"],"yoast_head":"\nSecuring your Windows computer with syskey - markwilson.it<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2005\/12\/securing-your-windows-computer-with.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Securing your Windows computer with syskey - markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At an event a few weeks back, Steve Lamb mentioned using the syskey utility to secure a Windows system. 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