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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 said:
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.
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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
 
Pegasus (MVP) said:
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.
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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 said:
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
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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.
 
Carlos said:
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.
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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?

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Bob said:
You wouldn't happen to be one of the children?
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Good catch. ;-}


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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.
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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


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
 
Thanks a lot for your feedback... OK, then there is no way to have a FUS as
XP on w2000!

Sometimes I do not want to logoff 'cause I'm downloading something. Then my
kids come and have admin rights. It is not terrible but... NIS2005 has not
the same setup that for the kids when logging on with their accounts.

OK, so, do someone know how to automatically logoff after 15-30 mn. without
having to logoff manually?

thanks again

Carlos

PS: How I would like to be the child!!!!!!!!!!!.
 
Pegasus (MVP) said:
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.
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I understand that you are technically correct - it is the desirability I am
questioning. Children as admins??? I don't even run as an admin myself day
to day.

Simon
 
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