Windows Me enables you to compress directory folders and protect them with passwords. However, Microsoft recently reported that those passwords are actually written in plain text to a file on your computer so anyone with physical access to your PC who wanted to poke through your most confidential files - and who knew where to look - would be able to access those passwords. How can I make them truly secure?
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The faster the spindle speed, the greater the quantity of data that passes beneath the disk read/write heads in a given time. This means that data can be read from or written to the disk more quickly. However, all data that is read or written goes via memory buffers in the hard disk controller, so spindle speed is just one of the factors that contributes to performance. It's doubtful whether the difference would be noticeable except when running benchmark tests. Whether that is worth ú20 is for you to decide.
This problem doesn't affect any other password-protected areas (like Windows logon), but versions of Windows 98 and 98 SE with the Plus 98 add-on are also vulnerable. Microsoft fixes the problem by preventing future passwords from being stored on the system. There are two patches, one for Windows 98, the other for Windows Me. Go to www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-019.asp
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