Remotely Lock Desktop

[Ray]

In a school computer lab setup - is there a way to create a batch file
that can be executed on the lab administrators computer will simply
lock all of the workstations in the lab? I know I can use Shutdown -L
to log off the current user - but we don't want to do that and cause
the students to possibly lose unsaved work.

Thanks
Ray

 

[John John (MVP)]

In a school computer lab setup - is there a way to create a batch file
that can be executed on the lab administrators computer will simply
lock all of the workstations in the lab? I know I can use Shutdown -L
to log off the current user - but we don't want to do that and cause
the students to possibly lose unsaved work.

Thanks
Ray

You can do that with Systinternals' PsShutdown.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/sysinternals/bb897541.aspx

John

 

[Ray]

Thank you - I didn't look at that option - I should have known
better...

Thanks Again
Ray

 

[John John - MVP]

You're welcome. A lot of time it isn't that we don't know better it's
just that we forget...

John