need help with software for locking down a pc

[zeus_anoxia]

Hy guys, I'm looking for some way for my pc to not boot up unless it has a particular usb stick plugged in. I know there is software that does this but I don't know what to search for.

Help a brother out.

[BCMods]

Any reason why it HAS to be a USB drive? Why not just encrypt the drive or something else?

[zeus_anoxia]

The PC is in a college dorm room. I have set a Windows log-on password but my roommates can get around that so I need something more drastic.

 

Later edit: Forgot to mention that I run Windows 7 64bit and I have a MSI Z77A-G43 board (if that matters).

[SammyG145]

Why not put a password on the BIOS?

[stevv]

Hy guys, I'm looking for some way for my pc to not boot up unless it has a particular usb stick plugged in. I know there is software that does this but I don't know what to search for.

Help a brother out.

laptop, desktop?

edit: oop, missed your second post.

 

Why not put a password on the BIOS?

that's what I thought at first, but with desktop.. just reset battery from board lol.

[zeus_anoxia]

My case has a locking side panel so they can't get to the guts of the PC. I have an admin password in the BIOS but that just prevents access to the BIOS, it doesn't affect windows booting.

 

Maybe I'm just not ready for PC's... should have stuck to consoles... Or I could take the power cable with me when I leave. It will work until they buy another one for 2euros.

[zeus_anoxia]

https://teksyndicate.com helped me out.

 

People who have the same problem as me should check out:

http://download.cnet.com/Predator-Free-Edition-32-bit/3000-2144_4-10915340.html

http://download.cnet.com/Predator-Free-Edition-64-bit/3000-2144_4-75182308.html

[stevv]

Since you have a locking case,  a cheap way is to move the power button to inside the case.  My motherboard has a power button on the board, so I didn't bother putting in the power button header.

 

OR if your handy, attach the power switch to a Locking switch DPST  like this: 

 

 

 

 

 

Also disable start up of anything other than your main hard drive (this way they can't just boot from usb and reset password).

 

Other bios dependent options:

 

Depending on motherboard, Bios might have option for password on boot. Another one to look for is setting a password on hard drive in bios also activates the encryption in the hard drive (but that depends on the hard drive)