Better options for locking WinXP?


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There's the obvious WIN+L lock, but are there any applications that can give me better options? Maybe something that'd just freeze my desktop completely when I hit the Pause key, and restore it to normal when Pause is hit again, with a password prompt as an option. Locking when the screensaver goes active, too... I guess like the built-in Windows lock, but from a third party.

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not that i know of..

one question though, why?

i don't imagine it would be impossible to make your own app that did this, but I would have to look into it.

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I have a logitech wireless keyboard with extra buttons on the side, and one of them is programmed so when I press that button, it locks my computer (like the win + L key combo)

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I have a logitech wireless keyboard with extra buttons on the side, and one of them is programmed so when I press that button, it locks my computer (like the win + L key combo)

Same here, I remapped the MediaDirect button on my Inspiron 6400 to do just that. If anyone is wondering just use

rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

as the shortcut.

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ill be honest with you i have never thought pressing Win+L was really that onerous...

..guess i was wrong! :p

Yeah, it's so much easier pressing one key than two...

Maybe map it to the "Enter" key...? :p

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