If you leave your computer and use the screen saver to lock your screen up you will most likely find out that making shortcuts to the screen saver will not get your computer password protected and it will only be protected when the screen saver is run after idle time of X minutes.
solution1 . To over come this you can actually use the lock computer function (Windows Key + L)
solution2 . Using the shortcut keys suck. Make a shortcut the the shortcut that can be treated like the screen saver shortcuts.
- Right click an empty area of your desktop, choose New/Shortcut and enter this line as the command line:
- rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation
- Click Next. Name the shortcut whatever you prefer and click Finish. That's it.
- If you'd like to change the icon, just right click the shortcut and go to Properties/Shortcut/Change Icon. If you want open up c:\windows\system32 and find the keys icon to go with your locking shortcut. As it is now a icon shortcut you can make a shortcut on your desktop and quick launch.
Additional . If you have the welcome screen on you can turn it off to make password entering easier and more corporate when you return to your computer. To do this change the setting back to classic login prompt.
Start > Control Panel > UserAccounts > Change the way users log on and off
> [Uncheck] Use Welcome Screen
some of the instructions was taken from :
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=70
From now on I will post the web site of tutorial places to save me having to reword simple tutorial steps.
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