Unlocking Locked Computer

[Guest Chad Guiney]

I have a problem with users not being able to unlock a computer locked by

someone else. We have CAP regulations that state we must have a screensaver

screen lock on every computer in our lab. However when someone walks away

from that computer and someone else needs to use it they cannot unlock the

previous user becuase they are not admin. The users of these computers are

not allowed to have local admin access to the computer becuase of the same

CAP regulations. Is there a way around this? Without making everyone local

admin? Thanks in advance.

[Guest Danny Sanders]

Re: Unlocking Locked Computer

 

However when someone walks away

> from that computer and someone else needs to use it they cannot unlock the

> previous user becuase they are not admin.

 

Train the previous user to log off the computer before they walk away. If

you constantly have them come back and log off like they should instead of

an administrator logging them off, they will "get it" real soon.

 

hth

DDS

 

 

"Chad Guiney" <ChadGuiney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I have a problem with users not being able to unlock a computer locked by

> someone else. We have CAP regulations that state we must have a

> screensaver

> screen lock on every computer in our lab. However when someone walks away

> from that computer and someone else needs to use it they cannot unlock the

> previous user becuase they are not admin. The users of these computers are

> not allowed to have local admin access to the computer becuase of the same

> CAP regulations. Is there a way around this? Without making everyone local

> admin? Thanks in advance.

[Guest no@no.com]

Re: Unlocking Locked Computer

 

On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 07:57:02 -0800, Chad Guiney

<ChadGuiney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have a problem with users not being able to unlock a computer locked by

>someone else. We have CAP regulations that state we must have a screensaver

>screen lock on every computer in our lab. However when someone walks away

>from that computer and someone else needs to use it they cannot unlock the

>previous user becuase they are not admin. The users of these computers are

>not allowed to have local admin access to the computer becuase of the same

>CAP regulations. Is there a way around this? Without making everyone local

>admin? Thanks in advance.

 

I often wondered how many good computers are thrown away because an

employee quits or gets fired and no one else knows their password.

I once worked in an office and we used our own passwords to login.

Several times people would quit and their computer was useless. They

finally got some computer expert to come there and he set it up so

that everyone was assigned a password, it was written down, and no was

allowed to change them without a written notice requesting the change.

Then the guy who took care of the computers would ok the change and

program it into the network. If I recall, they had to change the hard

drives in the computers with lost passwords. I suppose they would

reformat them?

[Guest Danny Sanders]

Re: Unlocking Locked Computer

 

> I often wondered how many good computers are thrown away because an

> employee quits or gets fired and no one else knows their password.

 

Probably none. You don't have to know the users password you just need to

know the admin account and password. If you didn't know the admin account

and password there are TONs of apps out there that can reset the admin

password to what you want.

 

 

They

> finally got some computer expert to come there and he set it up so

> that everyone was assigned a password, it was written down, and no was

> allowed to change them without a written notice requesting the change.

> Then the guy who took care of the computers would ok the change and

> program it into the network. If I recall, they had to change the hard

> drives in the computers with lost passwords. I suppose they would

> reformat them?

 

 

Writing down a password is NEVER acceptable. If the guy knew what he was

doing he would have set up a domain and the problems with the passwords

would have been moot. The domain admin would be able to reset a password for

any user without knowing the original password.

 

 

hth

DDS

 

<no@no.com> wrote in message

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> On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 07:57:02 -0800, Chad Guiney

> <ChadGuiney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

>>I have a problem with users not being able to unlock a computer locked by

>>someone else. We have CAP regulations that state we must have a

>>screensaver

>>screen lock on every computer in our lab. However when someone walks away

>>from that computer and someone else needs to use it they cannot unlock the

>>previous user becuase they are not admin. The users of these computers are

>>not allowed to have local admin access to the computer becuase of the same

>>CAP regulations. Is there a way around this? Without making everyone local

>>admin? Thanks in advance.

>

> I often wondered how many good computers are thrown away because an

> employee quits or gets fired and no one else knows their password.

> I once worked in an office and we used our own passwords to login.

> Several times people would quit and their computer was useless. They

> finally got some computer expert to come there and he set it up so

> that everyone was assigned a password, it was written down, and no was

> allowed to change them without a written notice requesting the change.

> Then the guy who took care of the computers would ok the change and

> program it into the network. If I recall, they had to change the hard

> drives in the computers with lost passwords. I suppose they would

> reformat them?

>

>

[Guest MartyGold]

Re: Unlocking Locked Computer

 

 

You can use a third party application called Unlock Administrator

http://www.e-motional.com/ULAdmin.htm

 

With this program you can set who can either unlock the computer,

either keeping the current session running or logging off the current

user and logging in the new user. The people unlocking do not need to

be admins.

 

Hope this helps!

 

 

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