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# Transparent Lock Screen for Windows
(also a transparent screensaver)
It's a screensaver with 1% opacity. Unlike most screensavers, it doesn't end on mouse movement, just on clicks or
keyboard presses. And the last thing it does before it exists is call LockWorkStation() so if someone
tries to use your computer, they'll be presented with the Windows lockscreen.
It's a screensaver with 1% opacity. Unlike most screensavers, it doesn't end on mouse movement.
In fact, it blocks mouse clicks and keyboard events until you kill the screensaver with the
keyboard shortcut `Ctrl + L`. Although `Ctrl+Alt+Delete` isn't blocked, launching the Task Manager
is ineffective because the screensaver steals the focus again, so you aren't able to use the Task Manager,
just look at it wistfully. The last thing it does before it exits is call LockWorkStation(),
so if someone tries to use your computer, even after they unlock the screensaver with Ctrl + L
they will be presented with the Windows lockscreen with the Windows password prompt.
None of your co-workers will be pranking you now!
_Currently a derivative of [Write a Screensaver that Actually Works](http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/14081/Write-a-Screensaver-that-Actually-Works),
however I am slowly ripping out the guts to simplify it._
The code itself is a derivative of [Write a Screensaver that Actually Works](http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/14081/Write-a-Screensaver-that-Actually-Works),
with some of the guts ripped out to simplify it.
## Download
There is a [compiled version available](https://github.com/wmhilton/lock-screen/releases).
## Current Status
It's a personal project. Feel free to download the source & compile it, or use it as a base for a new screensaver project. I am not actively working on this project now that I telecommute and have no physically copresent coworkers trying to prank me.
I am not actively working on this project now that I telecommute and have no physically copresent coworkers trying to prank me,
but I will gladly accept pull requests.
## To Use Manually
Set up a trigger of some sort (say with AutoHotKey) to run "InvisibleLockScreen.scr /s".