Guest lushman Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 I leave my pc running to allow various programs to run during the course of the day; however, other users manage to shutdown the system without any thought for my login "at work". -Does anybody know of a "Shutdown Password" facility I can use which prevents this from happening?- I know I'm still at risk from the power supply being switched off - but this measure will certainly help. Any suggestions??? -- lushman Quote
Guest Mr. Arnold Posted June 10, 2008 Posted June 10, 2008 "lushman" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:eb63f4f201545bee93b6b731f231fd48@nntp-gateway.com...<span style="color:blue"> > > I leave my pc running to allow various programs to run during the course > of the day; however, other users manage to shutdown the system without > any thought for my login "at work". -Does anybody know of a "Shutdown > Password" facility I can use which prevents this from happening?- I > know I'm still at risk from the power supply being switched off - but > this measure will certainly help. Any suggestions??? ></span> If you leave a note pasted all over the machine that you will kill someone, I bet they won't touch the machine. <g> Quote
Guest Steve Riley [MSFT] Posted June 15, 2008 Posted June 15, 2008 Just press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del] to lock the workstation. All your programs will continue to run. Assuming no one else knows your password, no one will be able to get back to the start menu to shut down your computer. They could, however, yank the power cable style_emoticons/ -- Steve Riley steve.riley@microsoft.com http://blogs.technet.com/steriley http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com "lushman" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:eb63f4f201545bee93b6b731f231fd48@nntp-gateway.com...<span style="color:blue"> > > I leave my pc running to allow various programs to run during the course > of the day; however, other users manage to shutdown the system without > any thought for my login "at work". -Does anybody know of a "Shutdown > Password" facility I can use which prevents this from happening?- I > know I'm still at risk from the power supply being switched off - but > this measure will certainly help. Any suggestions??? > > > -- > lushman </span> Quote
Guest Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote) Posted June 15, 2008 Posted June 15, 2008 ...or Windows Key + L. style_emoticons/ I use that anytime I walk away from my computer in a public or semi-public place for more than a few seconds. -- -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP Roland Schorr & Tower http://www.rolandschorr.com http://www.officeforlawyers.com "Steve Riley [MSFT]" <steve.riley@microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8AE6A776-2F7D-4C2A-96F9-96F1563D08A7@microsoft.com: <span style="color:blue"> > Just press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del] to lock the workstation. All your programs > will continue to run. Assuming no one else knows your password, no one will > be able to get back to the start menu to shut down your computer. > > They could, however, yank the power cable style_emoticons/ > > -- > Steve Riley > steve.riley@microsoft.com > http://blogs.technet.com/steriley > http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com > > > > "lushman" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message > news:eb63f4f201545bee93b6b731f231fd48@nntp-gateway.com... ><span style="color:green"> > > > > I leave my pc running to allow various programs to run during the course > > of the day; however, other users manage to shutdown the system without > > any thought for my login "at work". -Does anybody know of a "Shutdown > > Password" facility I can use which prevents this from happening?- I > > know I'm still at risk from the power supply being switched off - but > > this measure will certainly help. Any suggestions??? > > > > > > -- > > lushman</span></span> Quote
Guest Charlie Tame Posted June 15, 2008 Posted June 15, 2008 Get one of these and leave it on the office chair? http://www.extremescience.com/BiggestSpider.htm If the offender persists place the one of these under the desk... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator One way or another you or someone in the office may need advice from here http://www.doityourself.com/scat/cleaningstainremoval I am a great believer in "Natural" remedies style_emoticons/ You could use a text based screensaver with "Please do not log me out" or something like that. I know that doesn't sound like much of an idea but it may be just throughtlessness. Steve Riley [MSFT] wrote:<span style="color:blue"> > Just press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del] to lock the workstation. All your programs > will continue to run. Assuming no one else knows your password, no one > will be able to get back to the start menu to shut down your computer. > > They could, however, yank the power cable style_emoticons/ > </span> Quote
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