Re: How to Lock Keyboard?

"Galen" <galennews@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:ebSulCvaFHA.3032@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> In news:80A8288F-71FC-4675-87E2-4DFB6A93804D@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Mark Nave <MarkNave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> I have two workstations using windows 2000 pro and one using xp pro.
>> Is there a command I can use to lock the keyboard so a young child
>> won't mess up things?
>
> WinKey + L will lock the entire desktop and, assuming they don't know
> your password, will prevent them from harming the system though you will
> find they can still pound on the keyboard but it won't hurt anything
> unless they spill juice on it.
>
> Galen


WinKey + L doesn't seem to work in Windows 2000.

However, you can create a shortcut and drag it onto your Quick Launch Bar.
So, anywhere on your desktop, right click and then go to New... and then in
the field, enter:

%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

Click Next, and then give it a name like "Lock Workstation". Then, click
Finish.

Finally, you can then drag that shortcut onto the Quick Launch toolbar.
So, whenever you walk away, you can just click that shortcut in the Quick
Launch and you can lock your computer from being tampered with, provided no
one knows your password, of course.


The other traditional way to lock it with Win2k (as well as for Windows XP
if you don't use the annoying "Welcome" screen), is to just press CTRL-ALT-
DEL and then press K.


-lyj




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