• LOCK WITHOUT PRESSING CTRL+ALT+DEL & LOCK??,

This is cool; if it feels a pain to do CTRL+ALT+DEL every time you want to lock your desktop, then you can do the following to avoid using the above mentioned combination.

1. Right click an empty spot on the desktop, point to New and click Shortcut.

2. In the Create Shortcut dialog box, type the following into the Type the location of the item text box:

"rundll32 user32.dll,LockWorkStation" remove quotes while typing.

3. Click Next.

4. In "Type a name for this shortcut", type "Lock" and Click Finish.

Now the desktop will lock when you click your new "Lock" icon in the desktop.

Note: This is applicable only for Win 2000 and Win XP users.