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ItsPam10289
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 Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 1:52 pm Post subject: I dunno if this counts... |
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well i have windows xp home edition. and if you press ctrl + alt + delete, windows task manager pops up.
and if you click on users, you can log people off.
and my brother keeps logging me off when i'm away. is there any way i could make it so he can't? |
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conrad
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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Hi. [Windows key] + L will lock your XP system - just make sure your brother doesn't know your password! I think the system can be unlocked by any administrator account, so make sure he doesn't have those details either. I think that should work...
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ItsPam10289
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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well yeah i can switch users and stuff, leaving my programs still on and stuff.
but when i leave the computer, my brother logs on. and when he logs on, he can press control alt delete and still log me completly off. |
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conrad
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 12:26 am Post subject: |
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| Does your account have a password? |
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ItsPam10289
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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yeah
we each have our own accounts, and whenever i switch users and go away he logs on and when his account loads up, he goes to windows task manager, users, and logs me off
we each have passwords, but he still logs me off because in his head he thinks
A) its funny
b) i've been on too long (i haven't)
lol anyway... any ideas? |
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conrad
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| Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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Your account type needs to be 'computer administrator'.
If it is, then you can downgrade your brother's account type to 'limited' (in: Control panels>User accounts).
Then, you can still use Fast User Switching, but your brother wont be able to log you off like he does now when he logs on - your account name simply wont appear in the Users tab of Task Manager (only another computer administrator account can log you off).
Note: if your brother is logged on when you change his account, the change wont take effect until he logs off and logs on again. Also, if your account type is not computer administrator, you wont be able to do this.
Make sure you have a password and keep it secret from your brother!
Does that work? |
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ItsPam10289
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| Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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i think it does!
thanks alot! |
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