How secure is Boot Sentry?

When WinLock is running, it blacks out the screen, hides the taskbar, disables the system key combos (Ctrl-Alt-Del, etc) and hides itself from the task list. 

Your Boot Sentry passwords are stored in a data file using 64 bit triple pass encryption.

However, there are ways that Boot Sentry can be bypassed unless you make a few changes to your system. These are not flaws in Boot Sentry.  They are the way Windows and/or PC’s are designed.

•	Make sure the line switches = /f/n is in your config.sys file. This prevents somebody from booting your computer into Safe Mode, thus bypassing WinLock.

If you are not sure if this line is there, Click Start and Then Run in Windows. At the prompt, type sysedit.

•	Make sure that your computer boots directly to Hard Disk. 

To check this, boot into your BIOS Menu. Ways to do this vary by computer. Please check you user manual for how to do it on yours.

Find a screen that says something similar to Boot Order, and change it so that your hard drive (usually C:\)  is first on the list .

Reboot your computer.

Besides the above, you can follow some simple precautions to make Boot Sentry more secure. 
The foremost of these is to choose good passwords.  It everybody knows or can easily guess your password, ten it won’t matter how much security you have. Likewise, if you write down your password and store it in an easily accessible place, it’s like leaving the key to you door under the floor mat – anybody can get it.