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@mrstebo the good ol times
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@mrstebo like a record baby
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One of the schools i was at actually prohibit locking of computers. The reason was that the computers were a shared resource (you dont have a "own" computer, but rather, you pick a vacant position), thus locking was prohibited due nobody else could use a locked computer, despite a valid account.
They even disabled "lock computer" with GPO so it was greyed out. The policy said that if you leave, you should save your work and log off. -
@sebastian that's a lot of trust bestowed upon people to not wreck your shit
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@sebastian could you enlighten me on GPO that sounds interesting
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@tisaconundrum No, no trust is neccesary. The policy said that if youre leaving the computer, you should save the work and log off (so the computer becomes vacant for someone else that want to use it), not lock computer.
We had roaming profiles so if someone took "your" place while you was on WC, it was no problem picking another vacant conputer, logon and continue from where you left off.
GPO = group policy. Its possible to disable locking of computer, forcing users to logoff instead. -
@sebastian So, it's basically a login within a login?
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@tisaconundrum No. You have misunderstood the whole thing.
When you login, you are logged in.
When you lock, you are still logged in and all your programs running, thus you don't need to save your work before locking. Only you or a administrator can login to a locked workstation.
When you logoff, all programs are closed. If you want to continue from where you left off, you have to save your work before logging off.
What they did, was disable "lock", so everyone had to save their work and log off, if they wanted to leave the pc without fear for someone.
(so the vacant pc could be used by someone else). We didnt have our "own" pc, rather we just picked any vacant pc available.
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At my previous job we had the rule to lock your PC when you leave. Makes sense of course.
We were not programmers but application engineers, still, we worked with sensitive data.
One colleague always claimed to be the most intelligent and always demanded the "senior" - title. Which he obviously did not deserve.
multiple times a day forgot to lock his workstation and we had to do it for him.
My last week working there, I've had it. He forgot it again... So I made a screenshot of his current environment. Closed everything. Set his new background with the screen shot and killed explorer (windows). Then finally I locked his PC.
When he came back he panicked that his PC froze. He couldn't do shit anymore. Not knowing what to do... 😂
Which makes him a senior of course.
But seriously, first thing I would do is open the task manager and notice that explorer wasn't running... Thus my background with the taskbar isn't real.... My colleagues must be pranking me!
Nope... The "senior" knew little
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