RE: Winlogon - how to detect that workstation is locked?

From: Jeffrey Tan[MSFT] (v-jetan_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:04:18 GMT

Hi Ondrej,

Thanks for your post.

Based on my understanding, you want to determine if the workstation is
locked.

There is no documented API for determing this, this is confirmed in the
MSDN LockWorkStation API "remarks" section:
"There is no function you can call to determine whether the workstation is
locked."

So you did not miss any API function.

Currently, what I can think of is just the 2 options you listed. And these
2 options are the 2 most recommanded way in newsgroup.

Thanks

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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