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leaving a home Pc unattended ......

  • 15-02-2006 5:58pm
    #1
    hobie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,338 ✭✭✭


    Your online to the web via Broadband ..... You want to pop off for lunch ...dinner etc ....

    Do you just leave the Pc as is? ....:confused: or should you disable comms etc? ...

    I realize that Firewalls, Antivirus etc are running to protect you but do you just walk off and leave it online ? ......


Comments

  • #2
    spartacus93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭spartacus93


    Generally Yes


  • #3
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    I also leave it as is...


  • #4
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    WinKey+L is about all I do before I leave ...


  • #5
    christophicus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,969 ✭✭✭christophicus


    ^^^what does that doe?


  • #6
    Aquos76
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 9,075 Mod ✭✭✭✭Aquos76


    christophicus wrote:
    ^^^what does that doe?

    Try it and see...

    It will just log you off.


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  • #7
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    It doesn't log you off. It "locks" the computer. Brings it back to the login screen or a lock screen depending on what way you have it setup.


  • #8
    ballooba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    ciaranfo wrote:
    WinKey+L is about all I do before I leave ...

    That's two clever. Will have to dazzle the lads in work tomorrow.

    We have (secuirty & procedures) auditors in for the next 6 weeks. Have to lock our computers everytime we sneeze.


  • #9
    skywalker_208
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,350 ✭✭✭skywalker_208


    Never turn mine off .... ever.... until it becomes a slow biatch and needs a quick reboot....


  • #10
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    If you're behind a NAT router your machine is at very little risk from just being left on anyway. Now, if you have services running on it and ports forwarded from the router, maybe then you should start to worry :)


  • #11
    Voodoo2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 495 ✭✭Voodoo2


    skywalker_208 wrote:
    Never turn mine off .... ever.... until it becomes a slow biatch and needs a quick reboot....

    Yup Mine too, I have a laptop thats always downloading.... ahem connected to the web and its on 24/7. Just checked the uptime on the Network connection, its 3 days 4hours 16min only time its rebooted is if a windows update is needed or I install software! Once you have a Firewall (not windows firewall), AntiVirus you will be ok! if its windows 98 its best turned off the memory leak is nuts and prob will shut its self down after a while :-) 2k and XP no probs


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