Questions tagged [lock-screen]
Locking the computer screen prevents others from viewing or using it without unlocking it through a specific act.
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How to disable Windows 8 lock screen?
So I took a plunge and installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview on my main home PC. So far so good, but there is one annoyance - the system "locks" the computer after a period of inactivity causing me to ...
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CLI Ubuntu lock screen after X minutes
Is there a way of making Ubuntu (through the command line) to lock the screen after X minutes?
I need to do so for example:
I'm watching a two-hours movie, so I need to make Ubuntu lock the screen ...
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Secure way of doing auto-login & locking the screen
I had one answer here about how to do auto-login & sceen locking
How to do silent auto-login?
however it is not secure, how to do that more secure way?
P.S. I tried the free tool called Auto ...
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Mac Software To Restrict PC Usage Time
Is there any application that can block usage to a Mac after it has been logged in for X number of hours?
This would be sort of like a "parental" type software.
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Location of lock screen
Does anybody know if it is possible to change a setting so that the Windows XP Lock Screen is not centered, but let's say in right or left top/down corner or maybe even a give x or y coordinate?
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Set Windows 7 Lock Screen Background [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Displaying wallpaper when desktop is locked in Windows 7
I've googled this a bit, but have yet to find anything.
I have 2 monitors. when I lock my screen via win+L, it turns ...
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Displaying wallpaper when desktop is locked in Windows 7
is it possible to lock the desktop in Windows 7 and have it continue to display your desktop wallpaper rather than the default Win7 locked-workstation screen?
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When I lock my screen on my MacBook Pro my running application automatically closes after a while
First I must said that I have been asked this question in different form in this topic.
but my problem didn't solved yet.
When I want my laptop do a long schedule thing (like get all Mac OS X new ...
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How to get Windows 7 logon wallpaper to tile to other monitors?
In 2000/XP/Vista it was easy to set a wallpaper for the logon screen, either manually through tools like Logonstudio or simple registry changes by hand on prepared installation images or through ...
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How can I change the Windows 7 Logon Screen wallpaper?
Is there an easy (and free) way to change the Logon Screen wallpaper in Windows 7?
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Set Windows XP Lock Screen Background
I've googled this a bit, but have yet to find anything.
I have 4 monitors. when I lock my screen via win+L, it turns 3 of them to the background color selected in background options, and the 4th one ...
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