October 1st, 2007Protect Your Laptop When In Standby Or Hibernation
A laptop will often go into hibernation or standby mode it has been inactive for a period of time. This is done to save power. When the laptop is resumed all programs and documents that were open are restored to the desktop. This is a great feature for laptop computers but it would be more comforting knowing that another user can not bring it out of standby or hibernation mode and access your information.
You can protect your laptop by password protecting it during standby or hibernation. When a user attempts to resume the computer, they will be prompted for the password of the user currently logged on. To configure this feature, option the Power Options applet in the Control Panel, click the Advanced tab, and select the box beside Prompt for password when computer resumes from standby.
