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Re: Lock This Computer
"Vince Moser" wrote:
> Well, if you are around people who like to screw with your PC and or Laptop,
> It is a great feature and is in the right spot. I left the room for 2 min.
> and someone, or should I say 5 of them came up with and idea to put a
> password in for me. Why should I have a password at home???Now I use that
> feature all the time after costing me a half case.
>
> --
> Vince Moser
> "Robert Moir" <robspamtrap@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:exDNC%23kXHHA.992@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
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> > "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".
> >>
> >> 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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