Double-click to lock your computer

Locking your Desktop is always recommended, especially if your
computer is vulnerable to access by different individuals. This will
also ensure that the important data inside your computer won’t
be accessed by anyone  but you.  You can lock your computer by
means of just a double-click.  Here is how you do it.






Right-click on the Desktop and select ‘New | / Shortcut’.  This will
open the ‘Create Shortcut Wizard’.

Here in the first text box, type ‘%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe
user32.dll,LockWorkStation’ and give your shortcut a name of your
choice.  Then select ‘Finish’.

If you check properly, you will notice that the shortcut you just created
will sport a blank icon.  To change the icon, right-click the shortcut and
choose ‘Properties’.

Now in the ‘Shortcut’ tab, click the ‘Change icon’ button and in the ‘Look
for icons in this file’ box,type%system root% \system32\SHELL32.dll’.

Now click ‘OK’ to see a number of icons that you can choose one that you new
shortcut.choose one that you like and your desktop locking shortcut is ready.