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Windows NT 4.0- Lock Workstation

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by murtaza_nasser

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about 5 users in my remote branch office tell me that after they hit ctrl/alt/del to lock their workstations....their workstaions get unlocked automatically after a period of time. And this is happening INTERMITTENTLY.
Anyone ever seen this??

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by Member 23567752

I doubt very much that Windows NT would "automatically unlock" itself. I think you are looking at a user pocedure problem. For example in your description "hitting Ctrl/Alt/Dlt" doesn't in itself lock the workstation. It simply brings up the Nt security screen which offers you a choice between Locking the workstation, Task Manager, logging off etc. If you don't hit any button, it will simply resume as normal after a while.

Make sure your users are actually hitting the Lock Workstation button.

by dcraun

If any of your users have downloaded MS Powertoys, this could be the problem. In the utility Control Panel/TweakUI/Network it has an auto logon option. I'd look there first.

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