Turn it off or leave it on?

[Paul Watson]

I meant to ask; What happens when you lock the latest versions of Windows XP Pro when logged into a domain? Here at home I freaked when I first booted the laptop as I thought they had installed Windows XP Home. It had the mult-user session thing with images and when you locked it it let me log-in as another user while keeping the original user's session alive. Turns out the latest versions of Windows XP Pro do that too. Any idea if it does that on domain-bound copies too? regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project South-East Asia Disaster: How you can help Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "

[Shog9 0]

No. Windows disables "fast user switching" (that long-overdue multiple-logon feature) when you're on a domain. Sucks, because that would be very, very useful at times... but from what i hear, they ran into too many problems WRT domains, and so opted to disable it. Of course, you can still run Terminal Services and have multiple log-ins from separate machines... :^) :|
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[v12]

1 - Internet radio helps fall asleep (doesent register with brain during night) and gets me out of bed in the morning

[brianwelsch]

Paul Watson wrote: unsaved work What's this? I can't really be concerned about someone going out of their way to sabotage me. If they want make my life difficult they will one way or the other. Meanwhile, my politics keep out of harms way 99.9999% of the time anyway. BW

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[David Patrick]

I leave it on .. 7. Because it's corporate policy ... application upgrades & patches are pushed overnight so machine has to be on and, more importantly 8. So I can vpn & remote desktop in after hours from home to get more work done or handle a production support issue.

[Jeff Martin]

I turn it off before I put it in the bag to take home. :) Back when I had a desktop, I left it on because I VPNed at night. Home PC usually gets turned off when I'm not using it. Jeff Martin My Blog

[peterchen]

Does this count id you're Admin Overlord, and have the "Administrator" account *disabled* like any sensible administrator would do?

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[J Dunlap]

7. I usually have a bunch of apps and documents up that I haven't finished working with and I don't want to have to close them all and then re-open them in the morning. 8. I have shared files/folders that others need to access.

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[Alsvha]

I shut it down completely turning off screens and all. Company got a hefty powerbill and extra focus is now on idle computers and screens. --------------------------- 127.0.0.1 - Sweet 127.0.0.1

[Stuart Dootson]

Turning your PC on/off is also bad for electronic components, due to the stresses causes by thermal conditions changing - i.e. things get hot when you turn them on (and expand) and get cold when you turn them off (and contract). IIRC, this is the cause of most electrical failures (including light bulbs, I think). Stuart Dootson 'Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p'