[dba-Tech] Windows sign in

[Rocky Smolin]

I find some words, some combinations of keystrokes awkward and some just
flow right out of my little fingers without having to even think about it.
Like the word access - only uses left hand. sssssd or pppppo would be very
fast and easy to enter and I think be just as hard to crack as snikrah.  If
you are good at a 10 key pad a six digit number like 789456 which would be
very fast to enter might have possibilities?

r

On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 2:17 PM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:

> Right now it's at 6 -- the last update forced it from 4 to 6. I don't think
> those two extra keystrokes will really matter.
>
> I just need to adjust my attitude I guess. You are correct, if I go
> anywhere
> overnight, it goes with me.
>
> Susan H.
>
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> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows sign in
>
> Having a laptop without that first line of defense would make me real
> nervous.  As you say it's with you a lot when you're out and about.
>
> Years ago I rebuilt the OS on a machine and didn't put a password on it.
> It started up just the way you want - right to the desktop.  That may have
> been W7 - so quite a while ago.
>
> In the past I have used a three or four character sign in to make the login
> fast. Maybe just reducing the number of keystrokes can get you where you
> want to go?
>
> r
>
> On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 2:09 PM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > When I close my laptop, I must sign in again when I reopen it, which
> > is driving me nuts. I have dogs, and if I leave the top open, they
> > will fiddle with it, so I close it. I might do this 20 times in a single
> day!
> >
> >
> >
> > So, I'm thinking I might do away with sign in when the laptop is
> > reopened if there's a setting for it. I don't want to do away with
> > sign in when I boot, just when I reopen the running laptop.
> >
> >
> >
> > There's no one in my home who's going to sign in and get anything
> > confidential. I have no proprietary information stored either if they
> did.
> >
> >
> >
> > The worse that would happen is someone might steal the computer and go
> > shopping, but I usually don't save my credit card information at
> > shopping sites. I go back in and remove them if not given the option
> > at purchase time.
> >
> >
> >
> > I bank online and they could easily get into my banking account, which
> > is a concern.
> >
> >
> >
> > My laptop is always with me, so if it were stolen, I would probably
> > know about it quickly. It's the first thing I check each morning
> > because I can see what time it.
> >
> >
> >
> > The only time I turn it off is when I'm traveling with it, which is
> > most weekends. I go back and forth between my house and my daughter's
> > house to help care for my great grandbaby a couple of days a week.
> >
> >
> >
> > It just seems that the opportunity for being stolen is limited.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sorry for the ramble - not much annoys me, but this is beginning to.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Susan H
> >
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