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Create a screen-locking keyboard shortcut
Authored by: wildo on Jul 15, '05 08:13:36AM

how about just creating a hot corner and setting the screensaver to that corner . . a swift movement of the mouse would start the screensaver!! That's what I do at work to stop students accessing my login!

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Create a screen-locking keyboard shortcut
Authored by: morespace54 on Jul 15, '05 03:50:34PM

or try: SHIFT+CMD+Q
or better yet: SHIFT+OPTION+CMD+Q

that should bring you back to the login window...



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Create a screen-locking keyboard shortcut
Authored by: tak on Jul 16, '05 06:03:21AM

These shortcuts will log out and quit all running apps. But the goal of this hint was to keep them running and prevent access to the computer so that one can easily resume work.

Logging out and locking screen is not the same thing.



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Create a screen-locking keyboard shortcut
Authored by: marook on Jul 16, '05 08:47:56AM

Ahh, no they won't. Using Fast User Switching will not Close your account, but log out to the Login panel. Your app's keep running!
Only if you choose Log Out from the Apple menu, will you close your account and quit running apps...

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Create a screen-locking keyboard shortcut
Authored by: tak on Jul 16, '05 06:53:22PM

> Ahh, no they won't.

Yes, they do.

Shift-Cmd-Q and Option-Shift-Cmd-Q quit running apps and log out w/ and wo/confirmation dialog.



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Create a screen-locking keyboard shortcut
Authored by: machard on Jul 18, '05 12:23:23AM

He's right Marook. Sorry man.

The only way to user switch with out logging out is by choosing a different user from the fsu menu.



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