Wednesday, March 29, 2006

To lock your workstations

Windows 2000 and XP users, below is the tip to lock your workstations without using the combo key - “CTRL- ALT- DEL”.

 

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 the Select a Title for the Program dialog box, type “Lock the Desktop” and Click Finish.

Now the desktop will lock when you click your new “Lock the Desktop” icon.

Even you can type “rundll32 user32.dll,LockWorkStation” in your Start->Run and execute it.

Posted by Babai at 08:21:31
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