[access-uk] Re: Vista "locked"
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:43:48 +0100
Hi Douglas,
With your wife handy, press the Windows key to bring up the
Start dialog, and at the bottom right she will see a
padlock. Clicking on it will lock the computer.
The keystroke Windows Key + L also locks the computer or
changes user. A message about using Alt + Ctrl + Del would
normally then be displayed allowing you to log in again, but
as you only have one user, and no log on process, I'm not
sure what the process would be.
If you go to Vista's Help and Support, do a search for
"Keyboard Shortcuts", this will come up top of the list, so
select it, and then select "Microsoft Keyboard Shortcuts".
The above is listed, plus others which will be of use to
you.
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas
Harrison
Sent: 20 October 2007 16:32
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Vista "locked"
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.
.
--
Douglas Harrison
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