- Wantto: Lock Computer then execute command (load a black screen)
- Posted by Krystian on March 13th, 2006
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 I found that to be a nuissance
for when I
was actually using the computer (and had the screen saver load up
constantly)
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/d...k_desktop.mspx
[1] XP (or whatever version of Windows)
- Posted by Mark Weinreb on March 13th, 2006
"Krystian" <gtg142g@mail.gatech.edu> wrote in message
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key and press "L")
- Posted by Krystian on March 13th, 2006
"Mark Weinreb" <mzw@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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Hi Mark, 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.
- Posted by Stan Brown on March 13th, 2006
Mon, 13 Mar 2006 01:25:22 -0500 from Krystian
<gtg142g@mail.gatech.edu>:
As far as I know, there's no native way. You'd need to write a
script.
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
