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System and method for controlling access to personal computer system resources

  • US 5,809,230 A
  • Filed: 01/16/1996
  • Issued: 09/15/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for limiting a user'"'"'s access to computer resources of a computer system, comprising:

  • relocating an original master boot record and an original partition table from a first location to a second location on a hard disk;

    providing a corrupted master boot record and a corrupted partition table at said first location so that a program using the corrupted master boot record and said corrupted partition table is unable to initialize said system; and

    using, via a security protection program, at system initialization said corrupted master boot record and locating via the security protection program, said original master boot record and said original partition table at said second location to initialize said computer system.

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