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my child bangs on keyboard, locked windows vista doesn't seem to prevent chaos?

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Mar 15, 2026242 views
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So when I always lock my computer when I am away, b/c my child likes to bang on the keyboard. The strange thing is, when I unlock the screen, I have 10's of windows open and who knows what applications started/stopped. Isn't locking the system suppose to prevent this? I can't believe such a basic a…

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Fix for: my child bangs on keyboard, locked windows vista doesn't seem to prevent chaos?

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Do you have "media keys", on your keyboard? Lock is supposed to prevent activity from the keyboard, and it sure works for the regular keys. However, it's possible that some media keys are launching some programs, and possibly go behind this lock. On…

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