If you happen to run across a computer that you or a student can’t log onto because the previous user has “locked” it, you’ll want to just power down the computer and start it back up again.
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News and tips by and for staff providing reference services at the Newman Library, Baruch College (New York, NY).
Jean reminded me today of the likely connection between the new power-saving mode our computers are in and the locked computer problem. If a computer stays idle for long enough, it may be that the machine then locks itself. So this offers another reason to log off any staff computers at the reference desk when your shift ends; if you don’t, those computers logged on under your credentials may become locked if they sit idle for a while leaving whoever is on the desk after you in the position of having to reboot the machine to unlock it.