Unauthorized access to a computer is disclosed by providing information to an authorized user to evaluate accesses to the computer. The computer or other information equipment increments a value in a storage area of the number of power-on times Furthermore, the equipment displays the number of power-on times after the increment on an LCD. Then, if a supervisor password is not entered, the equipment locks a block previously storage contents from being rewritten.

 
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