Lock Windows keyboard and mouse but still display screen normally

Posted by Stephen Lacy on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Stephen Lacy
Published on 2012-04-10T11:21:22Z Indexed on 2012/04/10 11:32 UTC
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I'm using windows 7, I have a dual monitor display. It displays important information related to the business, I'd rather that random users that walk in can't just walk over to it and start using the computer with the same access rights as the user the monitoring software is running as.

What I would like is if any time someone presses a button on the keyboard including alt-ctrl-delete all that would appear is a dialog asking for a password.

Then I can click cancel and it will return to showing the data I want displayed.

ClearLock doesn't work I tried it btw

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