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NT4 Shortcut to Lock Server

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by nschloss Jan 20, 2003 last reply Feb 20, 2003 1 view

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I'm simply trying to create a shortcut for a one button lock of our NT4 SP6a server. I've tried the "%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation" but that gives me an error "Error in user32.dll Missing entry LockWorkStation". I did find that there is an entry called LockWindowStation in the dll. It didn't give an error - it didn't do anything. Anyone know what works or have alternate solutions for a one click server lock?

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by mike jones Jan 20, 2003

The command you are using is correct but it is not supported by Windows NT4. Windows 2000 and above I'm afraid.

Suggest doing a search on Google.com for third party software. Did a quick search myself but couldn't find any free software.

by mike jones Jan 20, 2003

Found one

http://www.dimaware.com/Downloads/

Seems to be free and can be run from a command line or batch file.

by nschloss Feb 20, 2003

Close but not quite - doesn't offer to Lock Workstation on NT4 - only W2K. Thanks for looking though!

by nettek Jan 21, 2003

See Microsoft Knowledge Base article 262646.

by nschloss Feb 20, 2003

Thank you - looks like this sort of work around is the only option with NT4.

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