Re: Preventing Computer Locking From Inactivity

From: Jeff L (newsgroupsremoveandunderscore_jeff_at_availabletech.net)
Date: 07/07/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 11:38:13 -0400

Rick,

Frank is so right on this. You should not need to be logged on for the App
to respond, although it wouldn't surprise me if ACCPAC designed it this way.
Contact ACCPAC and see if they have a fix for this. It is a security risk to
leave your box open all the time.

Generally a fix of this nature would be to have the program run as a service
instead of as an application.

Regards,
Jeff Loucks
       Available Technology ®
            Solutions For Professionals ®
                  www.availabletechnology.com

"Rick" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2840a01c46431$35b50f50$a401280a@phx.gbl...
Hi Frank,

The reason that I wanted to do that is that I am running a
web based crm product on my server, ACCPAC CRM, and by
having the server with the screen saver on after 10
minutes with password protect had my end users getting
booted out of the application if nothing was done on the
server for 10 minutes.

Removing the screen saver with password protect eliminates
this problem. I am not sure if there is a better way to
do this, but that one works.

Thanks.

Rick

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Rick
>
>Jeff has given you the solution but I wouldn't do it. You
are leaving your
>server open. If you are wanting to temporarily work
without locking raise
>the minutes on screen saver to 60 and then when you are
done change it back
>before you leave.
>
>Frank McCallister
>COMPUMAC
>"Jeff L"
<newsgroupsremoveandunderscore_jeff@availabletech.net>
wrote in
>message news:uPNtYQAZEHA.2260@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Rick,
>>
>> Verify that your screen saver does not have the
password protect option
>> checked.
>>
>> 1) Right click on the desktop > Properties
>> 2) Choose the Screen Saver tab
>> 3) Either choose Screen Saver (None) or uncheck
password protect.
>>
>> Jeff Loucks
>> Available Technology ®
>> Solutions For Professionals ®
>> www.availabletechnology.com
>>
>>
>> "Rick" <rick@rbdata.com> wrote in message
>> news:2746a01c463ef$beaf7580$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>> If I am logged on to the server, which is running SBS
>>> 2003, as a user with Admin rights and do not type
anything
>>> from the server for a while then when I am ready to use
>>> the server I get a message that says:
>>>
>>> "This computer is in use and has been locked. Only
___ or
>>> an Administrator can unlock this computer."
>>>
>>> What do I need to do so that the server never gets
locked
>>> due to inactivity?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> Rick
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

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