I use VNC to do remote support (or Screen Sharing under Leopard). If you do a lot of remote support, there are times when you leave computers idle while you deal with other things. You need the owner/user of the computer to leave it alone, so as not to undo what you are doing. For example, when restoring data from a remote backup.
Typically I will put up a Stickies note on the screen warning the user that I am still working. But what do you do if the computer must be logged-out in order to do your work?
The remedy is simple. First, log out on the remote machine. If the login window then displays a user name and blank password field, press Escape to get out of the password prompt (so that you are looking at the list of users). Then hit the down-arrow to highlight the first user, and press Option-Return to get to the Name and Password prompt. However, instead of entering the username, type "Still Working!" (or whatever you prefer), and you're reasonably safe from use...
