On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 12:37:15 -0800, erikmccaskey64 <erikmccaskey64 at zoho.com> wrote: > So the question is: which one is the safer method to lock the screen, if a user leaves the pc? Safe from what? People can still try to pull data using firewire or cool you machine off an power it down and then boot a custom OS before the memory state is randomized.