I suppose that since it is a shortcut, we could apply a shortcut key, such as control alt and another key that isn't used normally. Glenn

True, in those situations I'll either turn on the screen shade or turn the screen brightness all the way down. But I travel so rarely that I don't really need to worry about those situations. What

I can't disagree with you gentlemen, at all. But there seems to be a contingent that loves to use desktop shortcuts. I've created these for Restart, Immediate Shutdown, and similar although I never

On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 11:11 AM, Gene Warner wrote: My solution to prevent prying eyes is to hook up an external keyboard to my laptop, then close the lid.- Which is an excellent solution except if

Alt+F4 is what I do, for one thing you don't have to first locate the shortcut to use it so it's much quicker. Gene...

Greetings: This information is very much appreciated. However, I have to wonder if it wouldn’t be easier, since you’re going to the Desktop anyway, simply to press Alt F4 and then select the

1. Go to the desktop and make certain no item has focus. Then bring up the context menu, whether by SHIFT+F10 or the Applications/Context Menu key, and select New, Shortcut from that menu. 2. In the

My solution to prevent prying eyes is to hook up an external keyboard to my laptop, then close the lid. Gene...

On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 12:47 AM, Sharon S wrote: The screen shade will stop anyone else using the computer because none of my family knows how to use Jaws but my nieces will be disappointed if they

 Even better, rather than just a piece of paper, you can print a picture of you sticking out your tongue and it would be like a pre-tech screensaver. Glenn

 Another idea that could have been employed to this situation, would be to tape just the top edge of a sheet of paper over the screen, and if the teacher need to check the student's work, the

 The teacher should have reprimanded the other student.

 Sounds like a case of wanting to eat your cake and have it too. A screensaver alone should work for you, or the screen shade. But you cannot have a screensaver going while the computer is in

The easiest way I've found to shutdown Windows is to just do an Alt+F4 from the desktop. You get a dialog that asks what you want Windows to do and the default is to shut down so just hit

Who named you a list moderator? My history shows that I speak from experience and am not just saying things because I feel like it. I will however rephrase what I said. Brian is probably a very good

Here we go again with member bashing and off topic chit chat. Quite frankly, I'm sick of it. If the invisible moderator is unwilling or unable to control this list, then he

I apologize for sending that last message without a subject. It shan’t happen again. Here it is: In case my last message was ignored, again I apologize for my carelessness. We forget,

You evade my point. I'm not interested in the history of your course experience. I refer only to your rudeness. Who are you to call Brian "a lousy instructor". Shame on you. Get over yourself

Hi, I had a student in one of my high school classes that use to sit behind me and loudly point out my spelling mistakes to all the class. At the time I didn’t have an option of a screen shade and I

Hi, I have been following this topic and have now turned on my jaws screen shade. One question though will this stop showing the pictures on my screen saver? I ask because this is mainly what my