Is there a way to have two passwords for a Windows account? One password unlocks the decoy version of the account and the other unlocks the "real" version of the account. I would use Truecrypt's hidden OS feature but don't want to reboot the computer.
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Not natively, no. You would have to have some 3rd party authentication mechanism that loads up a second account when a different password is entered. |
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How ever, you can select a similar looking account ID. For example - instead of ADMINISTRATOR, you may use ADM1N1STRATOR, etc. Good when you just want to use it as a decoy, however, the admin account can be found out via the SID. |
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No, the closest thing I can think of is dual booting two versions of windows and having it default to the decoy. You'd need to use separate full drive encryption volumes so they can't access each other's files. As long as they use the same account names, desktop bg and screensaver it'll make a reasonable decoy, the only real problem is that you can't switch accounts from a lock screen. |
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