Make my screen blank

[Guest welshman]

I would like to be able to blank out my screen when people walk into my

office. any advice on how to do this please.

[Guest Niteowl]

Re: Make my screen blank

 

Hi,

 

I use one called "blkscrn", it's just an .exe file you put on your desktop

or shortcut it there, size is 9k, it's originally for w98 I think, but

works fine with XP, don't know about vista.

 

found a link using google: (I think it's the same, just updated from the one

I use)

http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/security/black/ might be worth checking

out,

 

or you could just set up your computer and when you hit Ctrl/Alt/Del, then

K, it will put you back at the signon window.. requiring a password to get

you back in.

The setup for that is something to do with the way the welcome window

works.. someone else could probably give you the skinny on that.

 

good luck,

niteowl

 

 

"welshman" <welshman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I would like to be able to blank out my screen when people walk into my

> office. any advice on how to do this please.

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: Make my screen blank

 

 

"welshman" <welshman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I would like to be able to blank out my screen when people walk into my

> office. any advice on how to do this please.

 

Hit the power button on your monitor.

[Guest db ´¯`·.. >]

Re: Make my screen blank

 

i think an easy way to

blank out your screen is

to create a shortcut then

set a keyboard hot key

sequence of your choice.

 

for example:

 

right click on the

desktop and select

to create a shortcut.

 

then copy and paste

this line in the blank

field:

 

C:\WINDOWS\system32\scrnsave.scr

 

[c drive is the default however

you can replace it with the drive

letter where your system files

are located]

 

after creating the desktop

shortcut, the icon will appear

on the desktop.

 

then you can right click

on it and customize its properties

a bit further - emphasizing

on the field where you can

input your keyboard key

combination to engage

your new "shortcut" .

 

 

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"welshman" <welshman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I would like to be able to blank out my screen when people walk into my

> office. any advice on how to do this please.

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: Make my screen blank

 

welshman wrote:

> I would like to be able to blank out my screen when people walk into

> my office. any advice on how to do this please.

 

[Window+M] minimizes all windows. Is that sufficient?

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Make my screen blank

 

Winkey + D clears the Desktop of application windows.

 

welshman wrote:

> I would like to be able to blank out my screen when people walk into my

> office. any advice on how to do this please.

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: Make my screen blank

 

 

"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> welshman wrote:

>> I would like to be able to blank out my screen when people walk into

>> my office. any advice on how to do this please.

>

> [Window+M] minimizes all windows. Is that sufficient?

 

[Window+D] does much the same thing with the added benefit that a further

[Windows+D] restores the windows back the way they were - more or less.