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PostPosted: January 23rd, 2005, 3:10 pm 
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Hi,
we will have to lock our workstations at work due to security reasons if we leave the room. So I'm looking for a way to start the saver with enabled passwork protection. Unfortunately this doesn't work (even if the protection is enabled in display settings) if you start the saver manually. I like a hotkey based solution to start the saver immediately as needed.
Does anybody has a little hint for me because this is a serious problem for us.
Thanks in advance...


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PostPosted: January 23rd, 2005, 4:50 pm 
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Not direct support here but I know if you're running WinXP you can make it take you to the welcome screen (where you enter with user password) after screensaver from the Display Properties. You can make furthur adjustments with this using TweakUI.


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PostPosted: January 23rd, 2005, 5:38 pm 
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Code:
Run, rundll32.exe user32.dll`,LockWorkStation


...locks the workstation. Not sure if it works in OSes earlier than XP. Win+L does it, too.

As for the screensaver, here's a quote from an earlier post on this subject, I hope it helps:

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Windows sends the following command line parameters to screensavers:


/s
Tells the saver to run

/c
Tells the saver that the user has requested the settings window for the
saver.

/p
Tells the saver that it has been selected in the list and that the preview
of the saver is being requested. A second command line parameter
is sent with this, which is the windows id number of the display window.
From there, you might have to track down the actual gui element that
the previews take place on.


Try running it with /s as a parameter. It should run with the default settings, so if you have the screensaver on password already, it should run with password protection.


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