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Old 02-28-2006, 06:01 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Heres the situation - me and 2 of my roommates pay for the cable connection...the 4th refuses so i lock him off of the computer i have in the living room...my other two roommates sometimes forget to logoff, and I am wondering if theres a way I can get it to log off automatically...

Actually i want to stay logged on but have the switch user screen come up...any suggestions?
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no but here is a faster way to switch users hit the windows key and hit the L
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Create a new shortcut, and point it to %windir%\system32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

If you want to give it a nice icon, right-click on your new shortcut's icon, and choose properties. Type %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll under file name, and choose the padlock icon.
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i knew about windows+L but it sucks because my roommates keep forgetting...oh well...just have to start remembering
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what about the shortcut?
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