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Can anyone let me know how to prevent others from using my ps3 console by using a password,just like a PC does.

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You can't lock out a user from your local account, but here's a few tricks I used to keep people from using my PS3

Protecting your Online Account

First, and easiest, uncheck the option to 'Remember Password' for your PSN (online) account. this will stop people from being able to play as you and ruin your reputation/stats online.

Password Prompt when Starting Games

Next, you want to go into Settings->Security Settings->Parental Control It will ask you for a passcode, enter one (make sure you remember it). Set the parental control level to 1 (the strictest) and when prompted, check the box to Restrict Starting a game with no Parental Control Settings and click OK.

Password Prompt when Starting Internet Browser

If you want to restrict access to the internet browser as well, go back to Parental Control and choose Internet Browser Start Control Enter your password, and change the setting to On

Password Prompt when attempting to playback DVDs/BluRay disks

You can even restrict access to DVD & Blu Ray disks as well, these options are under Security Settings again, this time choose DVD - Parental Control and BD Parental Control respectively. Enter your password, and again set these settings to On

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awesome Robotnik...let me check out and let you know...but does the "Password Prompt when Starting Games" work for all games read from blueray,downloaded from PSN etc.. – ashwinsakthi Sep 5 '12 at 13:18
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@ashwinsakthi - You have to enter the password to access the PSN Store in order to purchase and download a game. – Ramhound Sep 5 '12 at 16:52
@Ramhound yea but what if the game is already downloaded? – Ender Sep 5 '12 at 17:17
@Ender - I assume it works on the rating system of the game itself - and because you set it to the strictest level, it should always prompt. I haven't got any downloaded games (my net is pretty terrible so I never bothered using the PS Store) but what would be the point of restricting an R-rated disk and not an R-rated downloadable game? – Robotnik Sep 5 '12 at 23:27

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