Re: Keyboard shortcut for screensaver

I guess the better question is.....how do I create a shortcut to my
screensaver???

"Susan S" wrote:

> But how do I set a hotkey for the shortcut to the screensaver. I just want a
> shortcut to hide my screen if someone walks in that I don't want seeing
> what's on my screen. I can't find the program to even set a hotkey for.....
>
> "David Candy" wrote:
>
> > You can't. If you just want to look at the pretty pictures just create a shortcut to the screensaver and set a hotkey for the shortcut (see help on how to set hotkeys). But this is the screensaver acting as a normal program (that draws pretty things) not as a screensaver.
> >
> > Winkey + L is the security hotkey.
> >
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> > "Susan S" <SusanS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:F6EDF985-7701-465F-94CC-44DB0B6B1DA8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > How do I create a keyboard shortcut to activate my screensaver?
> >
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