Questions tagged [lock]
A generic term for placing a restriction of some sort. It could refer to placing a password-based or biometric protection over a device, a system or a set of data. It could also refer to placing read-only protection on certain configuration or data (like files). Questions using this tag can also be regarding the opposite action of unlocking.
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lock screen & session suspension in Debian Jessie
I just read of an issue that seemed similar to mine, and as I cannot comment yet and my problem is different I will ask my question outright. the similar issue can be found here:
Suspend does not ...
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How to lock Windows 10 screen without turn off?
Is it possible to lock screen without screen turn off? For example, here is my settings:
I wanna automatically lock screen after 5 minutes, but display should not off (only after 30 minutes).
I ...
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Excel Lock File - Why can i copy it, but not open it?
If i have an Excel file SomeFile.xlsx open, a file is created ~SomeFile.xlsx that contains the name of the user who has opened/locked the Excel file. I can't directly open the file in Notepad, but I ...
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Is processes terminated when a user locks their account on Windows 10?
So let's say a user is downloading large files where he's going to leave the computer downloading in his office. Will the processes be terminated or paused (not just download but any possible running ...
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How to find out which file or folder is being locked by process in Windows OS? [duplicate]
Once in a while, I run the task manager and see several processes with the same name (e.g. comskip) running at the same time in the background while looping or using most of computation power (because ...
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gpgv: can't allocate lock for '~/.gnupg/trustedkeys.gpg' after importing keys
I'm currently trying to set up a small (partial) ubuntu mirror.
Doing this, I stumbled across gpgv. And as I need gpgv for verifying the signatures of the mirror files, I tried importing the ubuntu ...
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Locking applications z-order on Windows 10
Is there a way to lock the ordering of multiple windows even if one is focused?
I have six windows in which I only need to interact with the right edge and would like the layering to be preserved ...
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Windows 10 - Ask for a password when the display is off
I want the computer to require to enter a password after, say, 5 minutes but I don't want to put it to sleep. I was able to do it in Windows 7 but I couldn't figure out in Windows 10. Is it possible?
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How do I lock out all PC activity depending on time?
I'd like to enforce a curfew, say 11 PM, and stop a kid from using the PC after that, locking the user out of all activity unless a password is given until morning.
Is there some way to do this in ...
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Computer freezing when accessing network files [closed]
Whenever any application on my computer tries to reach out to files that are on my companies network drive [i.e. not on my computer], it locks up and crashes. This can be as simple as opening up a ...
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How do I open a pdf file with PDF X-Change Viewer so that I can still modify the pdf source?
Whenever I open a pdf file with PDF X-Change Viewer it locks up the source pdf file to edits. Is there a way to open the pdf (with PDF X-Change Viewer) so that it doesn't lock-up the source file --- ...
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How to automatically lock Dropbox files to prevent multiple users from working simultaneously?
We use Dropbox to sync files we're working on between multiple computers. Is there a way to automatically lock a synced file on other computers when one user opens it for editing, so it's impossible ...
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How do I lock a window from closing?
I’m great with computers, but I can’t seem to find a way to keep a window from being closed. I want to be able to open chrome, and keep it open, so that when someone tries to close out of it, it won’t ...
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Caps and Num Lock Notifications in Windows 10
A few months ago I bought a Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic keyboard. It installed some Microsoft proprietary software for itself that automatically set a notification to appear in the bottom right-hand ...
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How to turn off display but not lock the screen in Windows 2012 R2
For various reasons I want my server to:
Automatically turn off the display after 10 minutes of inactivity.
Never go into sleep mode.
Never lock the screen automatically.
So, if I were to leave my ...
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