Three ways to lock your screen in Windows XP

        The method of locking the computer under Windows XP is related to the way the user logs in and logs out. In the "Control Panel → User Account", select the two buttons in the interface that appears after the task "Change the way users log in or log out": "Use welcome screen" and "Use fast user switch" (the meaning can be seen below explanation of). There are three ways to set these two buttons:

1. Do not use the welcome screen (you cannot use fast user switching at this time).

2, only use the welcome screen.

3, both the Use the Welcome screen, and use the Fast User Switching.

When Windows XP is installed, the default setting is 3.

below depending on the settings of "user log on or off", describing its methods lock screen.

Set 1: exactly the same with Windows 2000 and Windows NT4.0 use, the interface is similar.

advantages: a true "lock computer", after you lock the computer, other users (except administrators) can not use this computer.

Cons: no pre-logon "Welcome Screen", so you need to enter a user name; does not support fast user switching.

Setting 2: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del, and select “Lock Computer” in the “Shutdown” menu in the pop-up task manager.

advantage: before you can log the "Welcome Screen" Other advantages with setting 1.

Disadvantages: does not support fast user switching.

Setting 3: Use multiple methods at this time:

Method 1: Select “Start → Logout”, and then click “Switch User”.

Method 2: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del and select “Lock Computer” from the “Shutdown” menu in the pop-up task manager.

Method 3: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del, select the “Users” tab in the pop-up task manager, then select the account of the currently logged in user and press the “Disconnect” button.

Advantages: There is a welcome screen before login, which supports fast user switching.

Cons: just a locked account, while other users can use this computer by other accounts.

General method

Since the keyboards that everyone uses today are generally Windows keyboards (there is a Windows icon in the middle of the left Ctrl and left Alt keys, generally called the Win key) In addition to the various methods described above, there is one more convenient way, which is to use the Windows shortcut: Win+L. In any case, just press Win+L, you can lock the screen, you can give it a try.