Creating a desktop shortcut for locking your computer

If you use your computer in an area where others may have access to
it, and there are things on your system
you would rather have kept
confidential, locking your desktop
when you leave the computer is an
essential task. Here’s a recipe for a desktop shortcut that will lock your
computer in two easy clicks:
Right click on an empty area of the
desktop and choose ‘new’ then
‘shortcut.’ The create shortcut wizard
will open; in the first text box, type
‘%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe
user32.dll,LockWorkStation’ and then give your shortcut an appropriate
name on the next page, and hit
‘finish.’ You will notice that the shortcut you
created has a blank icon. To select a
more appropriate one, right click on
the shortcut and hit ‘properties.’ In the
‘shortcut’ tab, click the ‘change icon’
button. In the ‘look for icons in this file’ box,
type ‘%SystemRoot%
\system32\SHELL32.dll’ then click ‘ok’
to see a range of icons for your new
shortcut. Choose an appropriate icon.
Your desktop locking shortcut is now ready for use. Test it out. Note: It is useful if u have an account
as it will prompt for a password.
OR
Hide all drives in my computer
Wanna how your geekiness. Here’s
the registry hack to hide all the drives in my computer. head up to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Policies\Explorer
create a new DWORD value as NoDrives
and modify its data to 03FFFFFF(six F’s) reboot and you are done. To change back.
delete the key or modify the data to 0.
(zero)

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