Wantto: Lock Computer then execute command (load a black screen)

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Krystian

Hello,

Is there a way to, once you lock your computer in Windows[1] to have a black
screen show up immediately, or have the screensaver immediately run?

The only method to this currently seems to be by reducing the length until
the screensaver kicks in to 1 minute... but that was a nuissance for when I
was actually using the computer.



I found that there is a way to get Utility programs to run once your
computer is locked [2], but I couldn't locate information on how to
configure this for user defined programs.

I know other OSs, like Gnome, permit this feature. [3]


Thanks,
Krystian.

[3] http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/2.0/ch03s02.html
[2]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...s/en-us/accessmgr_autostart_lock_desktop.mspx
[1] XP (or whatever version of Windows)
 
Ron Rector said:
Try the Windows + L key combination.
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Hi Ron, Thanks for your response.

Windows + L just lets me lock my computer. It doesn't allow me to execute a
command, or load a program, or start my screensaver immediately.

-Krystian.
 
Krystian said:
Hello,

Is there a way to, once you lock your computer in Windows[1] to have a black
screen show up immediately, or have the screensaver immediately run?

The only method to this currently seems to be by reducing the length until
the screensaver kicks in to 1 minute... but that was a nuissance for when I
was actually using the computer.



I found that there is a way to get Utility programs to run once your
computer is locked [2], but I couldn't locate information on how to
configure this for user defined programs.

I know other OSs, like Gnome, permit this feature. [3]


Thanks,
Krystian.

[3] http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/2.0/ch03s02.html
[2]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...s/en-us/accessmgr_autostart_lock_desktop.mspx
[1] XP (or whatever version of Windows)
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http://www.jsifaq.com/suba/tip0300/rh0302.htm
 
Krystian said:
Thanks Phil and Stan for your comments.

Phil: Nice utility! I think this could be a great temporary solution to load
a blank screen. I'm still going to look for a way to do this with scripting,
though, out of curiousity.
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Did you somehow overlook the fact that this utility can be launched by a
batch file???
 
Did you somehow overlook the fact that this utility can be launched by a
batch file???
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No. I was looking to see if it was possible to launch a script once the
desktop became locked (as an event), without
polling for the existance of the "Unlock Computer" window.


-Krystian.
 
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