{"id":1108,"date":"2023-04-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2023-04-04T09:17:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T08:17:48","slug":"taking-ctrl-lock-your-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/2023\/04\/11\/taking-ctrl-lock-your-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Ctrl: Lock your Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2023\/03\/lock-computer-1024x583.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2657\" width=\"507\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2023\/03\/lock-computer-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2023\/03\/lock-computer-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2023\/03\/lock-computer-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2023\/03\/lock-computer-1536x874.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2023\/03\/lock-computer-2048x1166.png 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2023\/03\/lock-computer-1200x683.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 85vw, 507px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Problem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Locking your computer is good practice when you have to leave it to go somewhere. If you&#8217;re in a hurry you want a quick way of doing this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Method<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Windows: Windows key + L<\/li><li>Mac: Control + Command + Q<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Result<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This quick shortcut locks your computer much faster than going through the menu to do so, and very important in shared spaces. Pressing this key combo will instantly lock your computer and show the login screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Enjoy this post? Check out the others in our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/category\/taking-ctrl\/\">Taking Ctrl series<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Problem Locking your computer is good practice when you have to leave it to go somewhere. If you&#8217;re in a hurry you want a quick way of doing this. The Method Windows: Windows key + L Mac: Control + Command + Q The Result This quick shortcut locks your computer much faster than going &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/2023\/04\/11\/taking-ctrl-lock-your-computer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Taking Ctrl: Lock your Computer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4887,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[348],"tags":[602,585,584,601,603,513],"class_list":["post-1108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-taking-ctrl","tag-command","tag-control","tag-ctrl","tag-lock","tag-mac","tag-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4887"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1108"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2661,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions\/2661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}