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Not only does my husband's new laptop suffer from catlike typing, we've also had cat-like bidding due to Hubby leaving the screen on eBay and the cursor too close to the Buy Now button. We very nearly bought an engine for a Model-T, and it would have been very difficult to explain to the yacht company why we were having to back out of the deal to pay $300,000 for that very pretty sailboat. I don't think "My cat bought your boat" would fly.
Anyway, Hubby's been investigating cat-proofing software, and the big name, PawSense, is having a server configuration interruption in service. Does anyone know of any cat-like-typing blocking software other than PawSense? Yesterday Amon was saved from going through a window only because he couldn't figure out how to say yes to "Would you like to format your hard drive now?"
Bwah! Do you think that cats have infiltrated PawSense and are reconfiguring their server?
why don't you just lock the screen when you walk away?
How do you lock the screen in Vista?
ctrl-alt-delete, then select "lock screen". you'll have to set up a password.
Be sure to pick a password that the cat can't guess.
Connie,
windows-L will lock the screen. Very quick.
you can also set your screensaver to password protect so that if you go away and forget, it locks the computer.
our computers at work do that but it's a fifteen minute delay. Plenty of time for the cat to buy his own private island.
Plenty of time for the cat to buy his own private island.
Or a yacht. The Windows-L thing will probably work, it's something quick Hubby can do when he's hurrying off to do something. The PawSense default password is "human".
He's started closing the laptop when he has to leave, and the cats will then sit on the closed computer and glare because we've taken their fun away. It might be time to check the Internet history and see if one of them has set up a Facebook account or something.
