Lock Your Computer with Easy Shortcut

Leaving your computer in a hurry but you don’t want to log off? You can double-click a shortcut on your desktop to quickly lock the keyboard and display without using CTRL+ALT+DEL or a screen saver.

Here the steps to create a shortcut on your desktop to lock your computer:

* Right-click the desktop. Point to New, and then click Shortcut.
* The Create Shortcut Wizard opens. In the text box, type the following: rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation
* Click Next. Enter a name for the shortcut. You can call it “Lock Workstation” or choose any name you like.
* Click Finish.


You can also change the shortcut’s icon (my personal favorite is the padlock icon in shell32.dll).

To change the icon:

* Right click the shortcut and then select Properties.
* Click the Shortcut tab, and then click the Change Icon button.
* 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

You could also give it a shortcut keystroke such CTRL+ALT+L. This would save you only one keystroke
from the normal command, but it could be more convenient.