I know what you mean about the BDUs. I've got hundreds of them. In my network they have 4 or 5 passwords to manage on a 90 day cycle. To further complicate it the rules are not the same. Some can reuse after 24, some after 36, some must contain a number but cannot be the first character and cannot have two consecutive characters the same. Hell if I added one more they'd probably lynch me in the parking lot!I suppose going to Win2k is not an option? They have LAN password screensavers built in. All you need to move from ME to 2k is a bit more RAM.
Still, the legal stuff bothers me. If you monitor their activity and can reprimand/fire them over it, then the fact their password is not 100% secret could make a case for them in a court of law.
The other thing is that I don't think the screensaver password on win9x/ME machines are all that secure in the way they are stored. I believe there are some third party screensavers out there that will use the LAN password. I had one back in my DOS days (a very long time ago). Now all my high security accounts are on Win2k.
[ 18 August 2001: Message edited by: LLigetfa ]
