Re: A screen saver that only locks the computer, without doing anything with the display?

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Dear Wesley, thanks for your help.

If I understand you well, your idea is to disable any screen saver and
to add a Scheduled Task that starts 15 minutes after the computer
becomes idle, and that it runs the computer lock workstation procedure
that you suggest below?

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A screen saver that only locks the computer, without doing anything with
the display

Would be something other than a screen saver.

Windows key + L
Locks your computer if you are connected to a network domain, or switches
users if you are not connected to a network domain.

See the following article that lists the different computer lock-up
scenarios that are available to you, as well as other ways to lock the
computer.

See the following article for different combinations of what happens with:
Fast User Switching Enabled
Fast User Switching Disabled
Welcome Screen Enabled
Welcome Screen Disabled

How to Quickly Lock Your Computer and Use Other Windows Logo Shortcut Keys
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294317

To turn the Welcome screen on or off
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ua_logon_at_welcome_page.mspx

You can create a shortcut for Lock Computer.

Right click the Desktop | Point to New | Click Shortcut |
Paste this in the box:

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

Click Next | Change the name if you like to Lock Computer | Click Finish
Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!
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