password on start-up

See the above screen captures from the Finder Help in Lion.

I hope you can figure it out by refering to your built-in-help.

If not then let us know.

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It will take me a while to restart my 10.6 system.

here is what I see in (10.6.8) System Preferences > System Accounts > Login Options

when you get to this screen, then select Automatic Login and select OFF

then select the account that you want to have the password that you want.

Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > System - Users & Groups.

Click on Current User and 'Change Password' and set a password if you haven't done this already during setup of your computer.

Click on Login Options (lower left). You may need to click the lock to make changes and enter your admin password.

Make the Tab 'Automatic Login: OFF' and the 'Display login windowas: List of Users'

Click the lock again to secure this area.

Now, when you turn on the computer, you will be required to to enter your user password each time.

Hello

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8274.html

or use a password generator

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/10285/rpg

HTH

Pierre

FWIW, be careful when citing prefPanes. There's no Users & Groups under Snow Leopard and earlier, it's Accounts. U & G is a Lion construct.😉

Right, oops. Forgot they changes that.

I have the same problem that I have to enter my password every time I boot my imac but when I look into your tips , it is still different from me I can not choose between on or off sorry for my bad English but I come from Belgium and this is translated by google translator