Suddenly, I’m unable to login to Ubuntu. When I login. I get to this lock screen:- This is copied from google. What I get is a faded version of this prompt. The only thing I did was a visudo to give root permissions to my user and an apt-get install lxde. I was able to … Read more
I work in a company where is better to not forget locking your pc before leaving it, because the first person who finds it’s unlocked will use all his strength to embarrass me on social networks and files and do something funny and embarrassing. I’m trying to find out how to leave my pc unlocked … Read more
When i was customizing the lock screen i noticed that when i changed from windows spotlight to picture than back to windows spotlight i got a different image. after doing this a couple of times i found this nice picture of what i could only describe as shot from inside a temple at night. anyways … Read more
I am just getting started using a Windows 10 based tablet computer; every time I want to use my new computer now, ever time the screen times out, I have to use my email password. I also do not want the PIN feature, because it will access sites with passwords that have to change. There … Read more
On my linux (ubuntu 20.04) workstation i usually have a virtualbox VM with windows 10 running, to get access to some work-related things. If I accidentally leave the virtualbox window focused it prevents the screen saver from locking the screen. Is there a setting, either in ubuntu or in virtualbox, that allows the screen saver … Read more
I’m using this Mouse.bat batch file to keep my screen from locking after 15 minutes (it’s enforced by Group Policy). I have it set as a scheduled task to run every 10 minutes and it works with my logged in user, but it flashes a CMD.exe window on the screen, which I don’t like. I … Read more
I am using the remote desktop connection to connect to my Linux server. It was working alright, but for the last couple of days, I see that the screen in the remote desktop is getting locked again and again if I remain inactive for some time. Could you please suggest some solution to resolve this … Read more
Is it possible to lock screen without screen turn off? For example, here is my settings: I wanna automatically lock screen after 5 minutes, but display should not off (only after 30 minutes). I thought “Sign-in options – Require sign-in” option responses for this: But this does not work — screen is locked only after … Read more
I’m not big on graphical / windowed desktop environments and was using XFCE as a way to avoid clutter / having to deal with a lot of settings, but recently I ran into a problem: the lock screen program seems to have corrupted / incorrect credentials for my user. As a result, whenever my screen … Read more
I have recently noticed while booting up my PC sometimes it has said no display signal (I have 2 monitors and I can’t seem to get any connection from them when it does this) and simply pressing the power button does not work and I figure holding it down is a bad idea. I have … Read more
