I need to password protect my pc at startup

I have XP Home on my PC at work. I need to protect my computer so NO ONE
else can get on to it. I know someone has been coming into the office after
hours and on weekends and reading my emails and looking at files. Personal
emails have been read and then marked unread but when I click them typically
the person sending has "send a receipt" when opening emails and on Mondays
I'm not getting that message if I reply to an email and the sender again
replies then I do get that. Also when looking at properties on files it
will say when it was last accessed and it will be a time I was not at work.
So...

How do I make my computer secure?
Is using windows logon with a password secure enough so no one else can get
on my pc?
Is there a better way to protect my machine?

Thanks in Advance!

K


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