Unable to lock my Windows XP Pro SP3?

[Ant[_2_]]

Hello.

I cannot seem to lock my Windows XP Pro SP3 machine with its WinKey+L
and its screen savers. How come?

Thank you in advance. :)
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[Dave Doe]

In article >,
, Ant says...
>
> Hello.
>
> I cannot seem to lock my Windows XP Pro SP3 machine with its WinKey+L
> and its screen savers. How come?
>
> Thank you in advance. :)

You don't have a logon password?

--
Duncan.

[R.Wieser]

> You don't have a logon password?

That was my first thought too. :-)

But there are more:

The key combination has been disabled in the registry (workstation related).

An AV product interferes with its working (quaraintened items).

.... Thats just two others I found within a minute or two googleling for it.
:-)

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origionla message:
Dave Doe > schreef in berichtnieuws
...
> In article >,
> , Ant says...
> >
> > Hello.
> >
> > I cannot seem to lock my Windows XP Pro SP3 machine with its WinKey+L
> > and its screen savers. How come?
> >
> > Thank you in advance. :)
>
> You don't have a logon password?
>
> --
> Duncan.

[Ant[_2_]]

> > I cannot seem to lock my Windows XP Pro SP3 machine with its WinKey+L
> > and its screen savers. How come?
> >
> > Thank you in advance. :)

> You don't have a logon password?

I do.
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[Ant[_2_]]

R.Wieser > wrote:
> > You don't have a logon password?

> That was my first thought too. :-)

> But there are more:

> The key combination has been disabled in the registry (workstation related).

> An AV product interferes with its working (quaraintened items).

> ... Thats just two others I found within a minute or two googleling for it.
> :-)

I don't run an AV residence software. Where in registry?
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[R.Wieser]

Ant,

> I don't run an AV residence software. Where in registry?

What about learning how to google yourself ? :-|

I literally took the three words making up your problem (XPsp3 WinKey+L
registry), stuck them into google and (re-)found several websites about it
on the first result page.

By the way, the keyname I found was/is is "DisableLockWorkstation", but I
would not be surprised if there would be more ...

Also, try replacing, in the above search action, "registry" with "doesn't
lock" (that second part with or without the double quotes) and see if any of
the results give you a bit more info than we already offered you.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
Ant > schreef in berichtnieuws
...
> R.Wieser > wrote:
> > > You don't have a logon password?
>
> > That was my first thought too. :-)
>
> > But there are more:
>
> > The key combination has been disabled in the registry (workstation
related).
>
> > An AV product interferes with its working (quaraintened items).
>
> > ... Thats just two others I found within a minute or two googleling for
it.
> > :-)
>
> I don't run an AV residence software. Where in registry?
> --
> Quote of the Week: "I've been on some fairways that are as good as the
> greens we putted on back then. We had crab grass. I remember one green
> where I putted through ants." --Sam Snea
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[Ant[_2_]]

Well, here is what I noticed. Sometimes it works and sometimes it
doesn't work. I can't figure out why. It is also not winkey+L. Also,
screen savers don't lock it sometimes. Sometimes the reboot fixes it.


R.Wieser > wrote:
> Ant,

> > I don't run an AV residence software. Where in registry?

> What about learning how to google yourself ? :-|

> I literally took the three words making up your problem (XPsp3 WinKey+L
> registry), stuck them into google and (re-)found several websites about it
> on the first result page.

> By the way, the keyname I found was/is is "DisableLockWorkstation", but I
> would not be surprised if there would be more ...

> Also, try replacing, in the above search action, "registry" with "doesn't
> lock" (that second part with or without the double quotes) and see if any of
> the results give you a bit more info than we already offered you.

> Regards,
> Rudy Wieser


> -- Origional message:
> Ant > schreef in berichtnieuws
> ...
> > R.Wieser > wrote:
> > > > You don't have a logon password?
> >
> > > That was my first thought too. :-)
> >
> > > But there are more:
> >
> > > The key combination has been disabled in the registry (workstation
> related).
> >
> > > An AV product interferes with its working (quaraintened items).
> >
> > > ... Thats just two others I found within a minute or two googleling for
> it.
> > > :-)
> >
> > I don't run an AV residence software. Where in registry?
--
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greens we putted on back then. We had crab grass. I remember one green
where I putted through ants." --Sam Snea
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[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message >, R.Wieser
> writes:
[]
>What about learning how to google yourself ? :-|
[]
Doesn't that make you blind?
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[Ken Blake, MVP[_4_]]

On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:34:04 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
> wrote:

> In message >, R.Wieser
> > writes:
> []
> >What about learning how to google yourself ? :-|
> []
> Doesn't that make you blind?




LOL!

[R.Wieser]

J.P.

> Doesn't that make you blind?

The *other* kind of googeling bro. Sheesh. :-D

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
J. P. Gilliver (John) > schreef in berichtnieuws
...
> In message >, R.Wieser
> > writes:
> []
> >What about learning how to google yourself ? :-|
> []
> Doesn't that make you blind?
> --
> J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
>
> I am the person for whom 'one size fits all' never fits. - Chris McMillan
in
> UMRA, 2011-11-12