I'm using w2000 in my family PC. When finishing a session I lock the PC but
then only myself or my admin passw can unlock it. That means my children
cannot ude it. Is there a way to lock the PC so anyuser (name+password) can
unlock it? thanks.

"Carlos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A2BF2827-EDE8-4C82-8CCD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm using w2000 in my family PC. When finishing a session I lock the PC
but
> then only myself or my admin passw can unlock it. That means my children
> cannot ude it. Is there a way to lock the PC so anyuser (name+password)
can
> unlock it? thanks.

The answer is already in the prompt you see on the screen: Make
your children administrators so that they can force your session
to close.

I don't understand. You lock the pc, how do you do that? Then you say
that you lock the PC but you want everybody else to be able to use it,
so why lock it in the first place then? Why not just Log Off and allow
other users to logon with their user accounts? What's the purpose of
"locking the PC" in a scenario like this?

John

Carlos wrote:
> I'm using w2000 in my family PC. When finishing a session I lock the PC but
> then only myself or my admin passw can unlock it. That means my children
> cannot ude it. Is there a way to lock the PC so anyuser (name+password) can
> unlock it? thanks.

"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ujFH#(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Carlos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:A2BF2827-EDE8-4C82-8CCD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I'm using w2000 in my family PC. When finishing a session I lock the PC
> but
> > then only myself or my admin passw can unlock it. That means my children
> > cannot ude it. Is there a way to lock the PC so anyuser (name+password)
> can
> > unlock it? thanks.
>
> The answer is already in the prompt you see on the screen: Make
> your children administrators so that they can force your session
> to close.

I am assuming that you are joking?? If not you should be. If you are, you
need to make it much clearer in case someone actually tries this.

If you have finished your session the Log Off. That way anyone can log
themselves in.

Simon

"Simon Chambers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ctvu4o$epn$1$(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ujFH#(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > "Carlos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:A2BF2827-EDE8-4C82-8CCD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I'm using w2000 in my family PC. When finishing a session I lock the
PC
> > but
> > > then only myself or my admin passw can unlock it. That means my
children
> > > cannot ude it. Is there a way to lock the PC so anyuser
(name+password)
> > can
> > > unlock it? thanks.
> >
> > The answer is already in the prompt you see on the screen: Make
> > your children administrators so that they can force your session
> > to close.
>
> I am assuming that you are joking?? If not you should be. If you are, you
> need to make it much clearer in case someone actually tries this.
>
> If you have finished your session the Log Off. That way anyone can log
> themselves in.
>
> Simon
>
>

Try it for yourself, by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del, then locking the computer.
The panel now says "Only Simon or an Administrator can unlock the
computer". It follows that if the OP makes his children's accounts
administrators then they can always unlock the computer. If this is
desirable is, of course, another question.

You wouldn't happen to be one of the children?

Carlos wrote:

> I'm using w2000 in my family PC. When finishing a session I lock the PC but
> then only myself or my admin passw can unlock it. That means my children
> cannot ude it. Is there a way to lock the PC so anyuser (name+password) can
> unlock it? thanks.
>

Carlos wrote:
> I'm using w2000 in my family PC. When finishing a session I lock the PC but
> then only myself or my admin passw can unlock it. That means my children
> cannot ude it. Is there a way to lock the PC so anyuser (name+password) can
> unlock it? thanks.

Not unless you make everyone a local Administrator, which rather
thoroughly defeats the whole point of using a securable, multi-user OS.

Why lock the computer? Why not simply log out so the next person
needing to use the computer can log in?

--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
both at once. - RAH

Bob I wrote:
> You wouldn't happen to be one of the children?
>


Good catch. ;-}


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
both at once. - RAH

=?Utf-8?B?Q2FybG9z?= <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:A2BF2827-EDE8-4C82-8CCD-(E-Mail Removed):

> I'm using w2000 in my family PC. When finishing a session I lock the
> PC but then only myself or my admin passw can unlock it. That means my
> children cannot ude it. Is there a way to lock the PC so anyuser
> (name+password) can unlock it? thanks.

Where is your house? I assume that you lock the door, but leave a key for
anyone who wants to come in.

One explanation is , that Carlos may not be clear on what "Lock" does do.

Carlos, your "session" (user) is still "open" "active" "not closed" "not logged
off".

Pegasus advice "is" to set up your computer with a Primary Administrator account,
and an alternate Administrative Account with proper paswords in case the Primary
becomes corrupt and you need a way to reset the password on the Primary. For
security, it is best to have all your users be Power Users or less in order to
maintain less vulnerability from the outside (hackers, etc.). I agree with Pegasus,
even though he has a ubiquitous proclivity. *8-)

dc


"John John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
I don't understand. You lock the pc, how do you do that? Then you say
that you lock the PC but you want everybody else to be able to use it,
so why lock it in the first place then? Why not just Log Off and allow
other users to logon with their user accounts? What's the purpose of
"locking the PC" in a scenario like this?

John

Carlos wrote:
> I'm using w2000 in my family PC. When finishing a session I lock the PC but
> then only myself or my admin passw can unlock it. That means my children
> cannot ude it. Is there a way to lock the PC so anyuser (name+password) can
> unlock it? thanks.