Working remotely

[Casswilf]

Hi folks,

 

Due to all the snow recently and my living a long way from the office my boss has set me up through "Log me in" to see my pc in the office remotely from home.

My query is that if I don't use my screen very often I get timed out and have to notify someone who is physically in the office to jump up and press "alt, control, delete" to unlock my screen!

Is there any way this can be set for a longer period so that just in case there is no-one in the office to do this for me I can still work okay?

 

The pc at work is an Intel Core 32 bit on a Windows Vista Business....

 

Thanks in advance

CassWilf

[RandyL]

Hi again Casswilf.

I know of the program but do not know how to use it. Perhaps someone else can enlighten you.

 

However since this is set up through your place of work it's probably set that way by design as a security feature I would think.

 

What does your boss or workplace IT say about this feature or setting? It's probably something that they should be dealing with.

 

It's not that we don't want to help but it might be something that needs to be dealt with on their end and not yours. Besides we wouldn't want to offer advice that someone else might use in the wrong way to backdoor security.

 

Now if your internet connection itself is getting timed out perhaps we can offer some insight into that depending on how you connect.

 

Let us know.

 

Anyone else have thoughts on this?

[PseFrank]

Hi Cass...

I don't have a Vista computer myself...but from what I can see you could try this:.....

 

On your work computer....

 

1. Click Start > Control Panel (Start = The flag key)

 

2. Select Power Options

 

3. Under Select a power plan you should see three different options.

 

Balanced (recommended)

 

Power saver

 

And an option to Show additional plans ( Click the arrow on the right)

 

Select each option in turn and click Change plan settings

 

Now you have two choices: On battery and/or Plugged in.

 

Assuming your work computer is a desktop pc...Choose Plugged in

 

4. Click the small arrow to the right and select Never from the menu.

 

Repeat this wherever you have the option to Change plan settings.

 

Hope this helps out.

[Casswilf]

Thanks both :-)

 

Great timing as I need to step away for lunch, I have gone through those settings and will see how it works.

 

best regards

Tami

[Tootech]

Which version of Logmein are you using?

 

My version allows me to log in remotely, it times out but I can log back in and carry on from where I was. I don't need anyone at the other end.

 

If it times out and you attempt a reconnect, Logmein will take you back to the remote computer login screen, then you can log on again.

 

Sometimes you will get thrown off when your work computer goes in to standby - PseFrank's info should sort that for you.