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VB Forum / General 2 / November 2004Can you make a link to locking the workstation?
Can you make a link in an application to lock the workstation the user is using, with windows XP specifically, and maybe also windows 95. Thank you. The concept of "locking a workstation" does not exist in any Windows version prior to NT. So for 9x you're toast. For NT-based systems, call the LockWorkstation API. Note, for the record, that this function is callable only by processes running on the interactive desktop. In addition, a user must be logged on, and the workstation cannot already be locked. Private Declare Sub LockWorkStation Lib "user32.dll" () 'calling syntax: LockWorkStation  SignatureRandy Birch MS MVP Visual Basic http://vbnet.mvps.org/ : Can you make a link in an application to lock the workstation the user : is using, with windows XP specifically, and maybe also windows 95. : Thank you. Is it possible to put this as a click function into a list box? Sure, why not? SignatureRandy Birch MS MVP Visual Basic http://vbnet.mvps.org/ : Is it possible to put this as a click function into a list box? What do you mean by only callable in an interactive desktop? A service can't call lockworkstation - only an application that is running on a desktop under a logged-on user can call it. SignatureRandy Birch MS MVP Visual Basic http://vbnet.mvps.org/ : What do you mean by only callable in an interactive desktop? |
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