 Do you lock your computer? |
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 Nov 25 2007, 03:07 AM
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Friend of MSFN  Group: Members Posts: 963 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Canberra Member No.: 75318 OS: none 
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QUOTE They sure don't give students admin rights at my school! i had admin rights in high school anyway umm when im using xp i tend to lock, when using 98se i cant be bothered to set a user password so i dont have any point in locking |
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Nov 25 2007, 02:58 PM
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Long Live PC's Group: Members Posts: 145 Joined: 6-February 05 From: Laval Member No.: 43210 OS: Vista Home Premium x86 
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I don't lock mine. I don't need too.
If my pc was password protected, my wife would find that suspicious and would probably imagine all kinds of stupid things. Since i have nothing to hide, she can poke all she wants. She as her own pc and i know when she pokes around on mine when i'm not there. |
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Nov 25 2007, 03:01 PM
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Microsoft MVP Group: Members Posts: 97 Joined: 29-June 06 From: AskVG.com Member No.: 100098 OS: Vista Ultimate x86 
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^^ lol.
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Nov 26 2007, 09:06 AM
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Snap ... Crackle ... Pop Group: Members Posts: 1951 Joined: 12-December 03 From: Area 51 Member No.: 10764 
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i dont really need to but some times i will when there are nosey visitors around, its better to be safe then sorry, id rather not lose any of my data due to being to trusting in everybody
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Nov 26 2007, 10:46 AM
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K-Mart-ian Legend Group: Members Posts: 1208 Joined: 28-April 06 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 94953 OS: Server 2008 x64
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I do lock it because some people at work have been known to try doing stuff with it. Not at home though. It never goes to sleep.
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Nov 27 2007, 10:05 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 8-November 07 Member No.: 161572 OS: none 
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I have to at work its a security thing.
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Nov 27 2007, 11:03 AM
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Taggs Group: Members Posts: 180 Joined: 3-February 05 From: In front of my PC Member No.: 42852 OS: none
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I always lock my computer at work as I have high level rights and I dont want to leave it so people could come and sit at my PC and elevate their rights or "misuse" the system using my account.
At home I don't bother locking my PC as I very rarely leave it long enough for my wife to find my "educational" films ;-) (which are well hidden) plus my wife has her own PC so has no need to use mine |
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Nov 27 2007, 03:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 160 Joined: 24-July 07 Member No.: 147839 OS: Vista Home Premium x64
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i don't lock my home computer, but whenever i go to print something at school etc, i always lock before i leave. so many people trying to change passwords...
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Nov 27 2007, 03:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 150 Joined: 14-March 07 Member No.: 131040 OS: none
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At home no, my wife would have a hissy fit.
At work yes, I'm a domain admin so every time I leave my desk. I keep a shortcut to "Lock Workstation" in my quicklaunch. %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation |
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Nov 27 2007, 11:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 269 Joined: 30-June 05 Member No.: 62544 OS: none 
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At home, no, cause im pretty much the only one who knows to use a computer.
At work? Well, I don't have any computers at work. My office is in the skies. |
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Nov 28 2007, 07:41 PM
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Member Group: Banned Posts: 220 Joined: 17-April 07 Member No.: 135889 OS: none
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QUOTE (arctirus @ Nov 28 2007, 08:52 AM)  At home no, my wife would have a hissy fit. At work yes, I'm a domain admin so every time I leave my desk. I keep a shortcut to "Lock Workstation" in my quicklaunch. %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation It would be much quicker to just use startkey + L (startkey + E is explorer & startkey + R is run) Panarchy |
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Nov 28 2007, 09:42 PM
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Nerd-in-Chief Group: Members Posts: 1093 Joined: 25-February 07 From: Somewhere Member No.: 128497 OS: Server 2008 x86
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QUOTE (Panarchy @ Nov 28 2007, 05:41 PM) QUOTE (arctirus @ Nov 28 2007, 08:52 AM) At home no, my wife would have a hissy fit. At work yes, I'm a domain admin so every time I leave my desk. I keep a shortcut to "Lock Workstation" in my quicklaunch. %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation It would be much quicker to just use startkey + L (startkey + E is explorer & startkey + R is run) Panarchy If you have a Microsoft keyboard, it's quicker yet to use IntelliType to remap a button to lock the computer. For example, my keyboard has a log off button. I don't log off very frequently, so I just set it to lock the workstation. Win+L is good if you don't have that option. In windows 2000, that doesn't exist, so I recommend making a shortcut as mentioned above and setting it's keyboard shortcut to be Ctrl+Alt+L and then placing it on the desktop. It's only one key more than Win+L, but less work than Ctrl+Alt+Del. |
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Nov 29 2007, 08:21 AM
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Gold Member Group: Members Posts: 1193 Joined: 17-June 05 From: UK Member No.: 60869 OS: XP Pro x86
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QUOTE (Idontwantspam @ Nov 29 2007, 03:42 AM) QUOTE (Panarchy @ Nov 28 2007, 05:41 PM) QUOTE (arctirus @ Nov 28 2007, 08:52 AM) At home no, my wife would have a hissy fit. At work yes, I'm a domain admin so every time I leave my desk. I keep a shortcut to "Lock Workstation" in my quicklaunch. %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation It would be much quicker to just use startkey + L (startkey + E is explorer & startkey + R is run) Panarchy If you have a Microsoft keyboard, it's quicker yet to use IntelliType to remap a button to lock the computer. For example, my keyboard has a log off button. I don't log off very frequently, so I just set it to lock the workstation. Win+L is good if you don't have that option. In windows 2000, that doesn't exist, so I recommend making a shortcut as mentioned above and setting it's keyboard shortcut to be Ctrl+Alt+L and then placing it on the desktop. It's only one key more than Win+L, but less work than Ctrl+Alt+Del. Get a macro keyboard and assign the keybind to a single key
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Nov 29 2007, 08:35 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 150 Joined: 14-March 07 Member No.: 131040 OS: none
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QUOTE (Maleko @ Nov 29 2007, 09:21 AM) Get a macro keyboard and assign the keybind to a single key Webcam with software that senses when you walk away from your desk. |
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Nov 29 2007, 06:24 PM
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Nerd-in-Chief Group: Members Posts: 1093 Joined: 25-February 07 From: Somewhere Member No.: 128497 OS: Server 2008 x86
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Someone actually makes some sort of bluetooth device that as soon as the receiver looses the singal from the transmitter, it locks the computer.
I don't remember the site. |
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Nov 29 2007, 06:25 PM
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Gustatus Similis Pullus  Group: Supervisor Posts: 6527 Joined: 9-September 01 From: United States Member No.: 311 OS: Vista Ultimate x64
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I've actually just got a fob for work that I wear around my neck with my badge, and a USB key on the back that it "talks" to - when I walk more than 10 feet away, it locks automagically (it could unlock it for me too, but I don't want it doing that - I've no idea where it stores the password, and for sure it would be somewhere right in RAM or in a heap somewhere that's easily read).
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