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Re: Lock This Computer
"Mike" <mike@rocket.org> wrote in message
news:eOgtmghXHHA.3952@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> On the lower right side of the start menu is an icon of a lock. It says
> "lock this computer".
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> What is the purpose of this feature ?
>
> Is it meant to keep people from walking up to an
> unattended computer and gaining access to it ?
As Paul says, This is the one.
> Either way it seems like a redundant feature
> wouldn't just logging off do the same thing ?
> Or I might be missing something altogether.
You honestly can't think of a scenario where you might want to leave a
program running unattended (for example a lengthy download) without people
being able to fool with what you've got the computer doing?
To be fair, though, this feature is probably more aimed at business use than
consumers.
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