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Screen Lock Programs?
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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I teach...sometimes I step away from the computer and I want to lock it so no one can see grades and such. I don't want to log out and log back in. Is there a screen lock type program that I could enter a password to unlock the screen?
Thanks.
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Applications->Utilities->Keychain Access
Keychain Access->Preferences->General->Show Status in Menu Bar
In the menubar item select: Lock Screen
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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You can also have the screen saver require a password to unlock and use a hot corner to lock the screen on demand. Another option is to enable Fast User Switching and select Login Window from the FUS menu.
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Vandelay Industries
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The application SizzlingKeys lets you set a key combination that takes the screen to the login window but doesn't log you out - it uses the fast user switching mechanism.
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I have been done what TETENAL says for ages, no need to look further.
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Originally Posted by angelmb 
I have been done what TETENAL says for ages, no need to look further.
Except that puts another item in your menubar, and minimalists like me don't like that. A key combination is much cleaner in my opinion.
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Or, turn on fast user switching and then go to login window without logging out.
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MacBook Pro 13" 2.8GHz Core i7/8GB RAM/750GB Hard Drive - Mac OS X 10.7.3
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Originally Posted by Art Vandelay
You can also have the screen saver require a password to unlock and use a hot corner to lock the screen on demand. Another option is to enable Fast User Switching and select Login Window from the FUS menu.
Learn something new everyday, thank you for this suggestion. I've been looking for this exact solution but didn't know it was built-in.
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