Then she remembered: Microsoft Remote Desktop.
By 1:17 AM, she submitted the report. She leaned back, exhaled, and smiled at the small blue RDP icon in her taskbar. A simple download had just saved her job.
Her fingers hesitated over the credentials. Domain\Elena. Password. Connect.
Elena stared at her Windows 11 lock screen, the weight of a missed deadline pressing on her chest. Her work laptop—the one with the critical database access—sat dead on her kitchen counter, a victim of the afternoon's sudden power surge.