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07-18-2007, 08:51 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 609
|  Master Password?
Is there a way in windows that i can lock my computer, and no one can do anything without a password? Or is the only way to sign out and password protect my account? I'd like something i can just flick on when i leave the room for a few min, instead of exiting windows. People in my house are snooping around my computer when im gone, and i want my privacy.
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07-18-2007, 09:32 PM
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Master Techie Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,148
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What about the built-in lock computer option? Or is this something that is only available to domain users on XP Pro? I havent messed around with home versions or non-domain PC's very much.
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07-18-2007, 10:28 PM
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Repeat Offender Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Union City, TN Posts: 1,928
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Hold down the windows key and hit L. It will not log you off but use the fast user switching option. Looks like you are logged off, but you aren't. Then you click your user, enter your password and presto, you are just like you were when you left. Programs keep running, etc.
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07-19-2007, 12:07 AM
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Hard Core Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 11,643
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give yourself a password on user accounts.
go to display poperties. then screensaver. then set it for 5-10 minutes. then check "on resume password protect".
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07-19-2007, 01:23 AM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 924
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make a password for your account first. then, Quote:
Originally Posted by EricB  give yourself a password on user accounts.
go to display poperties. then screensaver. then set it for 5-10 minutes. then check "on resume password protect". | then Quote:
Originally Posted by superdave1984 Hold down the windows key and hit L. It will not log you off but use the fast user switching option. Looks like you are logged off, but you aren't. Then you click your user, enter your password and presto, you are just like you were when you left. Programs keep running, etc. | the end
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07-19-2007, 02:01 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 609
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Thanks guys that sounds like it'll work. I already password protected my account, so not i just gotta follow those other steps and im good.
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07-19-2007, 02:04 PM
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Graphic Designer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Thessaloniki, Greece Posts: 507
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Originally Posted by superdave1984 Hold down the windows key and hit L. It will not log you off but use the fast user switching option. Looks like you are logged off, but you aren't. Then you click your user, enter your password and presto, you are just like you were when you left. Programs keep running, etc. | Thanks for showing the shortcut key, I only knew how to do it from start menu. | |
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07-19-2007, 03:12 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 489
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Originally Posted by spartan1121 Is there a way in windows that i can lock my computer, and no one can do anything without a password? |
go into the BIOS (usually esc. or F2 at startup) and set a password. it is almost impossible to get past unless someone actually opens up the computer and sets a jumper, presses a reset button, or takes out the battery.
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07-19-2007, 05:15 PM
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Hard Core Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 11,643
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Originally Posted by kpmwrestler go into the BIOS (usually esc. or F2 at startup) and set a password. it is almost impossible to get past unless someone actually opens up the computer and sets a jumper, presses a reset button, or takes out the battery. | he isn't wanting to shut the computer down
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07-19-2007, 05:16 PM
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Retired. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 8,090
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It'll be funny if his family knows about rainbow tables.
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