I'm trying to do a Mac thing here, and wondering if there is a Win7 equivalent. When I step away from my computer, I put the mouse in the corner to put the screen to sleep. Keeps folks from looking at my work, and requires password to get out of it. Are there sleep corners for Win7? Doesn't look like it in the screen saver control panel.
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omnis_audis - Jan 21, 2010 4:24:55 pm PST #12474 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
sarameg - Jan 21, 2010 4:33:04 pm PST #12475 of 25501
ctrl-alt-del on all our work windows machines. Not a mouse thing, but it give choices to lock the computer, log out, etc. But a PC person would have to tell you if that's a default or has to be turned on, or what.
dcp - Jan 21, 2010 4:36:09 pm PST #12476 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Windows+L is the standard keyboard command to lock the computer. But that won't put the machine to sleep.
Check the power management control for options?
§ ita § - Jan 21, 2010 4:37:20 pm PST #12477 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I not seen the equivalent to what you're used to on the default screensaver, omnis.
dcp - Jan 21, 2010 4:40:21 pm PST #12478 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I have my Toshiba set to sleep when I close it, waken when I open it, and it wakes up in locked mode, so a password is required.
§ ita § - Jan 21, 2010 5:05:52 pm PST #12479 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought o_a meant the cursor location thing. I can send my laptop to sleep by sending the cursor up off into the top left corner.
omnis_audis - Jan 21, 2010 5:56:42 pm PST #12480 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Windows lock works great. Not as hot as Mac hot corner, but I'll take it. t mac snob
omnis_audis - Jan 21, 2010 7:48:56 pm PST #12481 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
t pats self on back
After much head scratching and trying various things, I figured out how to transfer files from my Mac to the Win7 machine. I wasn't smart enough to do it old school style of ftp via terminal (almost, but not quite). But then remembered smb! Ding! Transferring video files now. Much better than geek stick (although, maybe not as fast).
t /pats self on back
javachik - Jan 21, 2010 8:48:03 pm PST #12482 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
I'm on my new home laptop and it's weird. I forgot about the zillion adjustments needed to get a new computer just how I like it.
megan walker - Jan 21, 2010 8:51:35 pm PST #12483 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I hate that. I'm still finding stuff I forgot to adjust on my work computer I got months ago.