Unlocking Locked Computer

I have a problem with users not being able to unlock a computer locked by
someone else. We have CAP regulations that state we must have a screensaver
screen lock on every computer in our lab. However when someone walks away
from that computer and someone else needs to use it they cannot unlock the
previous user becuase they are not admin. The users of these computers are
not allowed to have local admin access to the computer becuase of the same
CAP regulations. Is there a way around this? Without making everyone local
admin? Thanks in advance.

Train the previous user to log off the computer before they walk away. If
you constantly have them come back and log off like they should instead of
an administrator logging them off, they will "get it" real soon.

I often wondered how many good computers are thrown away because an
employee quits or gets fired and no one else knows their password.
I once worked in an office and we used our own passwords to login.
Several times people would quit and their computer was useless. They
finally got some computer expert to come there and he set it up so
that everyone was assigned a password, it was written down, and no was
allowed to change them without a written notice requesting the change.
Then the guy who took care of the computers would ok the change and
program it into the network. If I recall, they had to change the hard
drives in the computers with lost passwords. I suppose they would
reformat them?

Probably none. You don't have to know the users password you just need to
know the admin account and password. If you didn't know the admin account
and password there are TONs of apps out there that can reset the admin
password to what you want.

Writing down a password is NEVER acceptable. If the guy knew what he was
doing he would have set up a domain and the problems with the passwords
would have been moot. The domain admin would be able to reset a password for
any user without knowing the original password.

[MartyGold]

You can use a third party application called Unlock Administrator

With this program you can set who can either unlock the computer, either keeping the current session running or logging off the current user and logging in the new user. The people unlocking do not need to be admins.

I could not read any response to my question.

I am using a PC with Win2000 SP4 and I have caused a problem that has locked
me out of
the PC. I seem to have acrtivated a RAS setting, that requires me to login
with a dialup connection, in order for my password to be accepted. This is a
home computer, and there is no network as such. I have broadband. How can I bypass, to change the setting?

Can you logon to Safe Mode?

No. Not any of the Safe Modes.

"requires me to login with a dialup connection"

Why do you say this?

Because that is the message shown with login. There is a little square with a
check in it and it says require to login with a dialup connection. the square
is greyed; I cannot uncheck it. It then immediately goes to the dialup
dialogue after I enter my password. RAS.

Ok, maybe this article helps.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172125