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Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others.

From Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others.
Date 2025-02-24 12:10 +0000
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On 2025-02-24 03:22, VanguardLH wrote:
>
> Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-02-23 18:35, VanguardLH wrote:
>>>
>>> I have my Win boxes configured to require Ctrl+Alt+Del.  I've never
>>> encountered the Spotlight issue, because, well, I never use it.  I'd
>>> eradicate the glitz crap if there was a way.
>>
>> As I have done up til now, but now I have to decide whether being able
>> to find out the location of the most beautiful Spotlight pictures easily
>>    -  there is a tedious and more involved way of using reverse image
>> search  -  is worth a slight reduction in security.  I have yet to make
>> that decision, mainly because, while I was still working I used to
>> receive copies of all the security bulletins that the firm received, but
>> having not worked for over a decade and having moved far away to a
>> remote part of the country, I am no longer able to keep abreast of the
>> latest security stories.
> 
> The choices are apparently:
> (1) Require Ctrl+Alt+Del to login.  The "like what you see" element will
>      be missing from the Spotlight content.
>      Presumption: Login is more secure, and Spotlight follows the same
>      security model.
> (2) Do NOT require Ctrl+Alt+Del to login.  The "like what you see"
>      element will be present in Spotlight.
>      Presumption: Login is insecure (absent), and Spotlight follows the
>      same [lack of] security model.

That's the trouble, too many presumptions, not enough actual knowledge.

[Snip a great deal of effort, for which normally I would thank you, but 
all of which I already knew]

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Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-22 16:26 +0000
  Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-22 12:19 -0500
    Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-22 18:12 +0000
      OT: Edge startup boost (was: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others.) VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-23 12:25 -0600
        Re: OT: Edge startup boost Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-24 12:45 +0000
  Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-22 19:24 +0000
    Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-22 19:52 +0000
      Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-22 20:50 +0000
        Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-23 10:39 +0000
          Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-23 12:02 +0000
    Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-23 12:35 -0600
      Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-23 19:01 +0000
        Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-23 13:27 -0600
          Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-23 20:25 +0000
      Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-23 22:04 +0000
        Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-23 21:22 -0600
          Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-24 12:10 +0000
            Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-24 23:04 -0600
              Re: Windows Spotlight shows picture information data on lock screen of one PC, but not others. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-25 23:23 +0000

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