Hello there
is there a way through WMI or else, to disable/enable a device?
lets say the keyboard for instance?

Sameh Ahmed wrote:

> Hello there
> is there a way through WMI or else, to disable/enable a device?
> lets say the keyboard for instance?
Hi

Nothing builtin for keyboard blocking in WMI/WSH (VBScript/JScript).

You can disable mouse and keyboard input using e.g. the AutoItX
component from a VBScript (you need to register a DLL on the target
computer), or you can use AutoIt to create an exe file that does the
job.

AutoIt/AutoItX is free and can be found here:
http://www.hiddensoft.com/autoit3/index.php


To disable mouse and keyboard input:

Set oAutoIt = CreateObject("AutoItX.Control")
oAutoIt.BlockInput "on"

Input will be automatically enabled when the script closes if you don't
issue an off command.

This function will have different effects depending on the operating
system used:.

Windows 95 No effect.
Windows 98 User input is blocked but AutoIt is also unable to simulate input.
Windows NT 4 (Without ServicePack 6) No effect.
Windows NT 4 (With ServicePack 6) User input is blocked and AutoIt can
simulate input.
Windows 2000/XP User input is blocked and AutoIt can simulate input.




--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

was hoping for something built in to use on all domain machines
Thanks a lot for your time
Regards
Sameh
"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Sameh Ahmed wrote:
>
>> Hello there
>> is there a way through WMI or else, to disable/enable a device?
>> lets say the keyboard for instance?
> Hi
>
> Nothing builtin for keyboard blocking in WMI/WSH (VBScript/JScript).
>
> You can disable mouse and keyboard input using e.g. the AutoItX
> component from a VBScript (you need to register a DLL on the target
> computer), or you can use AutoIt to create an exe file that does the
> job.
>
> AutoIt/AutoItX is free and can be found here:
> http://www.hiddensoft.com/autoit3/index.php
>
>
> To disable mouse and keyboard input:
>
> Set oAutoIt = CreateObject("AutoItX.Control")
> oAutoIt.BlockInput "on"
>
> Input will be automatically enabled when the script closes if you don't
> issue an off command.
>
> This function will have different effects depending on the operating
> system used:.
>
> Windows 95 No effect.
> Windows 98 User input is blocked but AutoIt is also unable to simulate
> input.
> Windows NT 4 (Without ServicePack 6) No effect.
> Windows NT 4 (With ServicePack 6) User input is blocked and AutoIt can
> simulate input.
> Windows 2000/XP User input is blocked and AutoIt can simulate input.
>
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

[eroberts]

To disable / enable the mouse and keyboard via batch file, see this thread:
http://www.thedecoderwheel.com/?p=898

[eroberts]

And for disabling the mouse / keyboard while using MDT2010 -- I am working on MDT2010 training videos at the link below and will be showing how to automatically prevent users from using the mouse and keyboard during deployment.

http://www.thedecoderwheel.com/?page_id=1126