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Bigeyedphish · #1 Post by **Bigeyedphish** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:24 pm

I've had a T43p for sometime now, but i figured this would apply to all models. Is there a way to effectively "WIN+L" to switch users or "WIN+ anything" when the thinkpad's keyboard has no WIN key?
thanks!

christopher_wolf · #2 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:15 pm

Yup, just use the Keyboard Customizer Utility and map an oft-unused key to the Windows Key; for example, I have the right alt key mapped to the Windows Key and the right Ctrl key mapped to the metakey.

After that, simply go "Alt+L" and it will lock or engage user switching.

Bigeyedphish · #3 Post by **Bigeyedphish** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:22 pm

hah, i figured it'd be easy..

thanks a lot

christopher_wolf · #4 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:51 pm

Bigeyedphish wrote:hah, i figured it'd be easy..

thanks a lot

No Problem

Paul Unger · #5 Post by **Paul Unger** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:06 am

"Keyboard Customizer" does the job, but it also means you've got another service running . . . I use KeyTweak to avoid that (http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/). It changes key mapping at the registry level, so there's no memory usage 'penalty'. For what it's worth,

Paul

Bigeyedphish · #6 Post by **Bigeyedphish** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:31 pm

Paul Unger wrote:"Keyboard Customizer" does the job, but it also means you've got another service running . . . I use KeyTweak to avoid that (http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/). It changes key mapping at the registry level, so there's no memory usage 'penalty'. For what it's worth,

Paul

oh right on...ill def. have to check that out

davidspalding · #7 Post by **davidspalding** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:58 pm

Window's own User32.dll offers a function to lock the desktop.

Check the other thread about locking Windows ... and use your own keystroke to lock Windows, without running any additional software or registry hacks.

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