Sameh said:
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.
