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Log off or switch user account in Windows 10

How to log off, lock or switch user account in Windows 10? Log off is now called sign out in Windows 10. And switch user account cannot be found in Windows 10, all you need to do is click on the user account that is available on the start menu. If you cannot find any other user account, then you might need to create another account if you need it. Multiple user account is good if there are multiple users on the laptop or computer, or simply you just need to separate your files or prefer to have another account with less clutter of icons on desktop. See screen shot below, just click on the user account just below the sign out option and Windows will automatically switch to that user account. Press the Windows  icon to open the start menu and other tiles options. Just a quick tips on windows 10. Cheers. Hope it helps.  =============== Catholic Rosary Guide  for Android: Pray the Rosary every day, countless blessings will be showered up...

How to lock computer after inactivity

Lock computer automatically after inactivity or after a specified idle time. There's quite a lot of ways to lock a computer automatically, if the computer has been idle for a period of time. On a domain environment the system administrator can set via GPO. Force a screen saver to run with password after inactivity. Set the computer to sleep mode and lock the screen. Force the user to press ctrl+alt+delete and type their password. In a home computer or personal computer it can be done as well. Task Scheduler helps a lot to do things automatically; it's like set it and forget about it. A onetime setup and if it works perfectly for the first time; if there's no other issues then it will always work. Check out screen shot below on how to set a batch file or a script to run after a certain period of inactivity. The idle time on Task Scheduler can be set to X minutes of desired idle time. When the idle time is reach the batch fil...