Tiny application to turn off monitor and lock Windows in single click!
Hi,
I just made a tiny portable Windows program called LockOff in C# to turn off screen display and lock Windows in a single step. It will be useful for laptops without a function key to turn off display using a shortcut key.
The basic motto behind this application is, we won't need display on the screen when we lock our system. Because after locking Windows workstation, we cannot do anything further. So, why wasting power at that time. When we want to go somewhere without shutting down the PC, just double click on the application & it will lock your windows and turn off the display. Your valuable power and data will be saved. This application will not always run in the background & it is completely portable. It works on Windows 7 / 8 / XP / Vista.
You can also make a desktop shortcut and assign global hotkey for it. Then we can directly run the program by just pressing a keyboard shortcut. To do it, follow this steps.
1.) Right click on the program icon (LockOff.exe) & create a shortcut.
2.) Then right click on the shortcut and select properties.
3.) Specify a keyboard shortcut and click OK.
Now onwards, if you're going away from the system, please turn off the display and go. It helps to save a lot of energy.
If you want more advanced tools to do this, refer these links:
www.pecoboo.co.uk
http://www.dekisoft.com/mou.php
But these applications need to run in the background to work.
+Joyal
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I just made a tiny portable Windows program called LockOff in C# to turn off screen display and lock Windows in a single step. It will be useful for laptops without a function key to turn off display using a shortcut key.
The basic motto behind this application is, we won't need display on the screen when we lock our system. Because after locking Windows workstation, we cannot do anything further. So, why wasting power at that time. When we want to go somewhere without shutting down the PC, just double click on the application & it will lock your windows and turn off the display. Your valuable power and data will be saved. This application will not always run in the background & it is completely portable. It works on Windows 7 / 8 / XP / Vista.
You can also make a desktop shortcut and assign global hotkey for it. Then we can directly run the program by just pressing a keyboard shortcut. To do it, follow this steps.
1.) Right click on the program icon (LockOff.exe) & create a shortcut.
2.) Then right click on the shortcut and select properties.
3.) Specify a keyboard shortcut and click OK.
Now onwards, if you're going away from the system, please turn off the display and go. It helps to save a lot of energy.
If you want more advanced tools to do this, refer these links:
www.pecoboo.co.uk
http://www.dekisoft.com/mou.php
But these applications need to run in the background to work.
+Joyal
Don't Forget to subscribe our RSS feed :)
seriously why we need it, when we have microsofts win+l comb to lock..nonsense!!
I want to lock my PC, then turn off the display (screen) and my laptop do not have a shortcut key to turn off the screen. So I think this is very useful.