Many times when we move away from our computer someone else might search our stuff or some small kids could press some commands and make problems on our computer.
I had the experience with small kids. Once they were visiting me with their parents while I was in front of my computer. I moved away and when I came back, they've deleted some of the files, moved their order and more stuff. I was angry, but I did not tell them anything. After that I searched for tools to lock my keyboard and mouse. I found some usefull ones. Now my computer will be safe, at least they can do is to break my mouse or keyboard.
Here are 3 of them:
1. KeyboardLock
You don't have to install this app. Just download it, open the downloaded package and then double click on the .exe file.
After you open it, press run. A window with password will pop up. The password by default is cake. You can change it in anything you want. After you type the password you want press start, type the password again and the keyboard and mouse are locked.
You can move the cursor in locked mode, but you can't select or do anything.
If you want to unlock them, type the same password correctly again and the mouse and keyboard will be unlocked.
Note that keyboardLock allows the Ctrl+Alt+Delete command, so someone who knows that can acess Windows Task manager and swith to open windows.
2. Child Lock
An icon in the systray is created by Child Lock at start-up, which has four buttons displayed in the main window. If you want to automatically lock the application, click Auto Lock, if it hasn’t been active in the last 10 minutes. Double-click the tray icon of Child Lock and click Cancel in the main window, if you wish to cancel this task.
Click Lock to block the keyboard and mouse immediately or press Shift+Alt+End. While they are locked, any key press or mouse click will turn the mouse pointer into the prohibited sign.
Click Allow Only to allow only a few keys to be pressed: Space, PageUp and PageDown, or Click Block Win Ctrl to block only control keys, i.e. Ctrl, Alt and Win key. This mode starts a few seconds after clicking its button to give you time to choose a window to limit the buttons inside it. The mouse pointer cannot be moved in this mode.
You can activate the Shift+Alt+Home key combination to unlock the keyboard and mouse. In the main app window, click Options to review the hotkeys for locking and unlocking, if you forget them. It’s not possible to change them.
Note that Child Lock allows the Ctrl+Alt+Delete command, so someone who knows that can acess Windows Task manager and swith to open windows.
Since BlueLife KeyFreeze isn’t enclosed in a setup kit, you can double-click the .exe file from the downloaded package to run the program. It gets integrated into the systray.
Right-click the tray icon to lock the keyboard and mouse, and choose Lock All Keys or press Ctrl + Alt + F. There’s a small interruption before locking, during which you can cancel the task.
You can lock only the keyboard or the mouse (right-click the tray icon and choose Lock Keyboard or Lock Mouse).
Press Ctrl + Alt + F to unlock the keyboard and mouse. If you want to make changes to this combination (Ctrl + Alt + any letter or number), right-click the tray icon, go to Options, click the menu next to Hotkey for lock/unlock: and select the preferred combo. You can also block mouse movement (clear the Allow mouse movement box) or Hide mouse pointer (tick this box). Once you’re done, click Apply Options to commit alterations.
Note that BlueLife KeyFreeze also allows the Ctrl+Alt+Delete command.
Note: This can't stop the others to press the power button and switch off your computer and then log in again to acces your files.
Tell us about your experiences in the comments below.
source: TECHWORM
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