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Disabling keyboard in windows?

TenLeftFingers · 2003-03-02 15:52:09

Due to confined working conditions, I occasionally have to leave things on my laptop keyboard. At the moment I just open notepad beforehand, and any gobble-dee-goop that might come up just gets displayed there. Is there a better way / alternative to stop the OS taking keyboard input? (temporarily) regards, merlin_bar

02-03-2003 3:52pm

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TenLeftFingers

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Due to confined working conditions, I occasionally have to leave things on my laptop keyboard. At the moment I just open notepad beforehand, and any gobble-dee-goop that might come up just gets displayed there.

Is there a better way / alternative to stop the OS taking keyboard input? (temporarily)
regards,
merlin_bar

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#2 02-03-2003 3:57pm

leeroybrown

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I can't think of anything convenient off hand.

Considering that laptops close and are pretty compact themselves I doubt any manufacturer has ever considered adding a feature that encourages the use of the keyboard as a shelf or lunch tray.

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#3 02-03-2003 4:06pm

KdjaCL

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ctrl alt del???

lock it.

kdjac

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#4 02-03-2003 4:22pm

Dun

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.. or windows key + L to lock it under XP

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#5 02-03-2003 9:27pm

TenLeftFingers

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I should have said I have W2K. ctrl + alt + del and 'lock workstation' does the job. Should have thought of that myself since I do that when I leave the computer unattended @:(

Thanks a lot,
merlin_bar

win + L sounds pretty handy! urprised it's not in w2k.

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#6 03-03-2003 10:52pm

phaxx

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Moved to ms apps/os. Read the hw tweaking/modding charter please.

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