Do you lock your computer?

[Panarchy]

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

[Idontwantspam]

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.

[Maleko]

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

[arctirus]

Get a macro keyboard and assign the keybind to a single key

Webcam with software that senses when you walk away from your desk.

[Idontwantspam]

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.

[cluberti]

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).

[Panarchy]

On the old Win2000 computer, you could probably create the shortcut for lock using some 3rd party software...

[kernelcored]

yes. i don't want others to look into my d: e: f: g: h: and i: drives

[nitroshift]

Winkey + L by habit, although at home is redundant as I'm the only user... At work I don't force users to lock their machines, they do what I do, just like monkeys ) so they lock theirs too. As for the screensaver, I don't have one and even if I did I wouldn't use its password protection as I lock the pc long before it would kick in.

Edited November 30, 2007 by nitroshift

[Devil_666]

at work im more of a vert quick control alt and delete and enter person!

Im like a machine! Do it even if i walk to the printer ha!

[Unnaturally Awesome]

i never lock my computer, but i always password protect my screensaver.

my mother refuses to allow me to buy my own laptop, with my money, mind you...

so i have to share a PC with the rest of my family.

and i have a thirteen year old brother who doesn't know how to stay out of other people's business.

so, all i can say is, thank god for password protecting.