locking the computer

[rob]

I was wandering how you lock the computer with windows
xp? I remembered with 2000 you could hit ctrl, alt
delete, and it will lock it, or ask if you want to lock
it. Now with xp when i do that it takes me to task
manager. Thanks in advance.

[Kelly]

Hi Rob,

The Windows key + L.

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"rob" > wrote in message
...
> I was wandering how you lock the computer with windows
> xp? I remembered with 2000 you could hit ctrl, alt
> delete, and it will lock it, or ask if you want to lock
> it. Now with xp when i do that it takes me to task
> manager. Thanks in advance.

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

There at least 3 ways to lock a WinXP workstation:

1) Use the Windows Key + L hotkey.

2) You can press CTRL+ALT+DEL and then <ENTER>, once you've turned
off the Welcome Screen and Fast User Switching. (This is the default
in a domain environment, as FUS is contrary to the domain security
paradigm.)

3) You can create a desktop shortcut with
"%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" in the
target field. (It is case-sensitive, BTW.)


Bruce Chambers

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"rob" > wrote in message
...
> I was wandering how you lock the computer with windows
> xp? I remembered with 2000 you could hit ctrl, alt
> delete, and it will lock it, or ask if you want to lock
> it. Now with xp when i do that it takes me to task
> manager. Thanks in advance.