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Locking computer with a shortcut

This is cool; if it feels a pain to do CTRL+ALT+DEL every time you want to
lock your desktop, then you can do the following to avoid using the above
mentioned combination.

Steps:
1. Right click an empty spot on the desktop, point to New and click
Shortcut.
2. In the Create Shortcut dialog box, type the following into the Type the
location of the item text box:
    "rundll32 user32.dll,LockWorkStation" remove quotes while typing.
3. Click Next.
4. In "Type a name for this shortcut", type "Lock" and Click Finish.
Now the desktop will lock when you click your new "Lock" icon in the
desktop.

Note: This is applicable only for Win 2000 and Win XP users

Comments

Prasad said:

Pressing 'L' key while holding down 'windows' key also has the same effect and I guess much easier.

# August 31, 2006 3:28 AM
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