Re: Password Protection - Locking Computer Windows 2000 Prof
From: Grant Chester (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/30/03
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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:57:43 -0800
Thanks - it worked. I was afraid if I did that and the
Administrator had the password (ie my kid who is away)
that I would have a computer I couldnt use for a while.
But it seems to work as you said. Thanks.
>-----Original Message-----
>Doesn't Ctrl-Alt-Delete and then "Change Password" do the
trick?
>
>Once you have set a password, Ctrl-Alt-Delete and
then "Lock Computer"
>should lock it.
>
>Oli
>
>"Grant Chester" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>news:02b201c3b740$cf60e690$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> According to Microsoft Knowledge Page 294317 "How to
Lock
>> Your Computer" it says the following: To set a password
>> for your user account: In Control Panel, double-click
User
>> accounts, select your user account, and then click
Create
>> a password.
>>
>> Problem is that when I go to User Accounts, I cant
>> highlight my name which is listed along with
>> Administrators so I cant create a password. The Add
Remove
>> and Properties labels arent highlighted, neither is the
>> Password for Administrator and the Set Password key
>> accessible either.
>>
>> I suspect my computer savvy kid - who is away right
now -
>> has set my computer up so he can access it willy nilly -
>> but I cant lock MY OWN computer.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
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