He more than likely fat-fingered the Windows+L key combination. I use that
every evening to lock access to my system. Alternately he selected "lock"
from the Start menu.
Like Pul said, select your icon or login name and log in.
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"Paul Smith" <Paul@nospam.windowsresource.net> wrote in message
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> "JackieD" <JackieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> I'm new to vista... and see there is a lock function (son found it when
>> accessing the Task Management) and he accidently hit lock... my question
>> is..
>> how do you unlock it? or will it reset when I shut down the computer? I
>> assume I need to use my password to get back into my user (its password
>> protected)??? I'm not sure whether to shut down the computer incase I can
>> never get back in again... lol..
>
> You can just click on your user picture on the lock screen or enter your
> password to login again.
>
> It's basically designed so if you're stepping away from your machine for a
> few minutes you can lock the machine to prevent somebody else from
> snooping around on your desktop, then when back login again. In fact it
> works the same as the 'switch user' feature, in that it keeps you logged
> onto the system, but requires you to click your user picture or enter a
> password to show your desktop.
>
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