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Make an Icon to Lock Screen
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Create an icon that will lock your screen in Windows XP and Vista.
1. Right-click an blank area on your desktop.
2. Select New >Shortcut
3. Type ‘rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation’ for the Location.
Give the shortcut a name. Now you can just double-click the icon whenever you want to lock your screen. I like to place mine in the Quick Launch area on the Taskbar. There, I only have to click it once.
Windows Key + L will also lock your screen
2 Comments
MikeXL
December 16th, 2007
at 12:48am
really helpful
thx
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