[access-uk] Vista "locked"
- From: Douglas Harrison <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:32:10 +0100
For the last few weeks I have been trying to get to grips with Vista
(Business Edition) on a Toshiba laptop. Progress has been slow, not least
because the keyboard layout is somewhat different from my old laptop and
as a result incorrect key presses are not uncommon. But I usually manage
to recover from such errors, without losing too much hair!
But this morning I suddenly lost speech (from Hal 8) and even the hot key I
have set up to launch Narrator would not work. I believed that I was on the
Desk Top and tried alt + f4 and Windows key and U to get to the Shut down
dialogue, but to no avail.
I should explain that the machine is set up with a single account bearing my
name and does not require log on at boot up.
My wife happpened to see the screen and confirmed that I was indeed on
the desktop, but that the Word "Locked" had appeared against my name -
in the desk top list above "Computer" etc.
Reluctantly I had to use the Power button to shut down. on re-booting I got
the expected "Windows was not correctly shut down" message but
fortunately it did boot to the desktop and seems to be working normally
again.
Two questions which I am hoping that someone who is an experienced
Vista user might be able to answer -
1. Could I have shut down in any other way? I don't think that Windows
likes being maltreated like that. anyway.
2. Any ideas as to what I may have done in the first place to cause this
Locked situation.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Douglas
PS When I had to tackle XP I found the Sara Morley book (Windows XP
Explained" very helpful. But as far as I can tell nothing similar has been
produced for Vista. I have listened to Tutorials by Rick Harman, Joseph
Lea and others but would like to learn Vista in a more systematic way.
.
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Douglas Harrison
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