MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop"
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Adding @Ylian
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Looks like the user is setting a screensaver to go after just a minute and had forgotten that it would lock her out.
So MC is displaying the error coming up from Windows. Would be nice if it denoted that.
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@scottalanmiller who still uses screensavers. . . . . .
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@DustinB3403 said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@scottalanmiller who still uses screensavers. . . . . .
That's the fundamental problem, for sure.
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@DustinB3403 said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@scottalanmiller who still uses screensavers. . . . . .
Versus just a blank screen? Isn't the effect the same - a locked system?
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@Dashrender said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@DustinB3403 said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@scottalanmiller who still uses screensavers. . . . . .
Versus just a blank screen? Isn't the effect the same - a locked system?
No, a screensaver actively uses resources to operate. A blank screen is off.
Plus Cmmd+L locks the screen, no need for a screensaver to do that for you.
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@DustinB3403 said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@Dashrender said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@DustinB3403 said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@scottalanmiller who still uses screensavers. . . . . .
Versus just a blank screen? Isn't the effect the same - a locked system?
No, a screensaver actively uses resources to operate. A blank screen is off.
Plus Cmmd+L locks the screen, no need for a screensaver to do that for you.
the screensaver also has a 'blank' mode which has an associated timer...
If the user set it at 1 min, I'm sure it's about security with them, not some stupid pipe drawing program.... so I'm back to my original comment.
blank screen/screen saver - who cares - end result is the same, a locked system.
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@Dashrender The "lock screen immediately" isn't a default, that is your assumption. This user could very easily be using Windows 95 Maze for their screensaver.
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@Dashrender said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@DustinB3403 said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@Dashrender said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@DustinB3403 said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@scottalanmiller who still uses screensavers. . . . . .
Versus just a blank screen? Isn't the effect the same - a locked system?
No, a screensaver actively uses resources to operate. A blank screen is off.
Plus Cmmd+L locks the screen, no need for a screensaver to do that for you.
the screensaver also has a 'blank' mode which has an associated timer...
If the user set it at 1 min, I'm sure it's about security with them, not some stupid pipe drawing program.... so I'm back to my original comment.
blank screen/screen saver - who cares - end result is the same, a locked system.
Yeah, that was going on too!
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@scottalanmiller said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@Dashrender said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@DustinB3403 said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@Dashrender said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@DustinB3403 said in MeshCentral "locking remote user out of desktop":
@scottalanmiller who still uses screensavers. . . . . .
Versus just a blank screen? Isn't the effect the same - a locked system?
No, a screensaver actively uses resources to operate. A blank screen is off.
Plus Cmmd+L locks the screen, no need for a screensaver to do that for you.
the screensaver also has a 'blank' mode which has an associated timer...
If the user set it at 1 min, I'm sure it's about security with them, not some stupid pipe drawing program.... so I'm back to my original comment.
blank screen/screen saver - who cares - end result is the same, a locked system.
Yeah, that was going on too!
too?
