Re: Lock XP Workstation Programmatically

From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 05/07/03 

Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 02:39:02 +0200

Marcelo wrote:

> I'm developing a software to manage a Lan House. One of the issues I'm
> struggling with is how to password lock the client workstation after
> his time has expired. The first thing that came to my mind was to use
> a screensaver, this approach works if the user is using 'normal'
> desktop applications, but the screensaver is not activated if the user
> is running a game like warcraft III or Counter Strike (the most played
> games). Do any of you have an idea of what can I do to solve this
> problem?

Hi

Try

%SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

(same as Window Key-L). Note that the part after the comma is case sensitive. 

--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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