Tuesday, November 24, 2009

How to create a shortcut to lock your computer

Have you ever wanted to lock your PC?But couldn't because you had to rush.
There is one solution by which you can lock your PC without any hesitation like using CTRL+ALT+DEL or anyother way. But, would not it be much easier if you could just double-click on a shortcut and it would lock your PC? Yes. there is one way to do that and the following steps will teach you on how to create this Magical shortcut , they are:

1)Right click on the desktop and choose New > Shortcut.
2)Now the create shortcut wizard starts. In the text box, type : rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation and click next.
3)Enter the name of the shortcut like "Lock Workstaion" and then click finish.
4)Now you can even change the icon of the shortcut.
5)Right click the shortcut and then select Properties.
6)Click the Shortcut tab, and then click the Change Icon button.
7)In the Look for icons in this file text box, type: Shell32.dll. Click OK. Select one of the icons from the list and then click OK

And Your shortcut to lock your PC is done.. ENJOY!!

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