Relog-in Problem During Presentations

[BobRochester]

Does anyone have this problem?:

During a presentation you need to put your mouse down for 10-20
minutes or more, and your computer goes into a Screen Saver/Sleep mode
requiring you to log in to continue. However, you are not permitted to
adjust the screen saver/sleep settings. If so, what do you do about it?

 

[BobRochester]

Thanks Steve--is this an issue that's happened to you personally?

 

[John Wilson]

Bob - how locked down is the PC?

Apart from mouse wiggling (which I beleive is illegal in public in some
States) you could:
1. Train your dog to press the shift key every so often
2. Install Caffe1ne to do just that for you

Method 2 is more likely to get approval from pet owners.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Lockdown/Caffe1ne.shtml
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[Lucy Thomson]

Hi Bob

I used to work in a place where this happened (as people would do things
like leave for the weekend still logged on to their computers which were
full to bursting of confidential information) and in the end IT set up a
special presentation log on that didn't have the screensaver set to kick in.
So you could either share you ppt across the network with the presentation
log on or you could bring it on a usb stick. Only had to happen to the CEO
once for IT to agree to it....

Lucy

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PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au


Thanks Steve--is this an issue that's happened to you personally?

 

[Echo S]

That's a really good solution.

 

[Lucy Thomson]

It would have been if anybody had ever actually used in instead of their own
log on.... User. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em ;-)

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PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

That's a really good solution.

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Hi Bob

I used to work in a place where this happened (as people would do things
like leave for the weekend still logged on to their computers which were
full to bursting of confidential information) and in the end IT set up a
special presentation log on that didn't have the screensaver set to kick
in. So you could either share you ppt across the network with the
presentation log on or you could bring it on a usb stick. Only had to
happen to the CEO once for IT to agree to it....

Lucy

--
Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au


Thanks Steve--is this an issue that's happened to you personally?