How to lock the keyboard on a laptop

There is often a situation when it is necessary to turn off the keyboard for a certain time. If you want to limit the access of a child or pet to the equipment, connect an external device, or prevent unauthorized use of the equipment, use the following tips!

How to lock the keyboard with a key combination

To perform this operation, you can use several buttons. The only difficulty for users is that for each laptop model the required combination looks different.

Here are the existing combinations.

• A win-win solution to the issue for a laptop of any model with the Windows operating system installed on it is the Win+L request.
• It is possible to “call” the lock by simultaneously pressing Fn and the function button in the F1–F12 row.

REFERENCE! One of the keys from this row has an image indicating the required function. Typically, it looks like a screen, a hand touching it, and a prohibition sign. This combination is ideal for Acer laptops.

• For Asus brand devices, a suitable combination would be sequences such as Fn+F12, Fn+F7, Fn+Pause and Win+Fx.
• A working combination is to press several buttons at once - Fn, NumLock and Ctrl. For some models, pressing the first two keys will be correct.
• For laptop models Lenovo, Samsung, Dell, etc., the sequence that works is Win, F and the number key from 1 to 12.

REFERENCE! It is possible to unlock the keyboard by entering the user password or simultaneously pressing the universal combination Fn and NumLock.

It is impossible to return the keyboard to working condition if there are carriers of malicious data on the personal computer. In this case, you should contact a specialist.

Keyboard locking using special programs

Today there are a sufficient number of programs that can block the keyboard. Here are the most popular of them.

Toddler Keys

An excellent solution would be the Toddler Keys utility. Its functions allow you to block not only the keyboard, but also the mouse, disk drive and power button. The interface of this program is not designed for Russian. But as a rule, this is not a big problem for users.

• To get started, download the utility installation file.
• In the window that appears, select the creation of an icon on the desktop and the immediate launch of the application after installation (points 2 and 3).
• Then select the folder where the data will be downloaded.
• Once the installation is complete, the application icon will appear on the taskbar. To get started, right-click on it and click “Options” in the context menu that appears. In the “Type to exit” line, specify the password that will be used to unlock.

IMPORTANT! Please note that Toddler Keys only accepts the English language layout. Therefore, use either a completely numeric code or a combination based on the Latin alphabet.Otherwise, unlocking can only be done by calling the “Task Manager” (Ctrl+Alt+Del) and canceling the action in it.

Pay special attention to the Lock Driver Doors and Disable Power Button functions. Otherwise, the power button of the device and its optical drive will be blocked. Finally, uncheck the “Show pictures...” item, which will allow you to unblock videos and images.

REFERENCE! The peculiarity of managing this utility is that double-clicking on the program icon will block not only the keyboard, but also the screen and mouse.

Block

Noteworthy is the easy-to-use software called Blok. It allows you not only to additionally turn off the screen, but also to set a timer to turn off the laptop.

• To install this program, download the file from the official website and run it as administrator.
• After this, a window will appear where you need to click “Ok”. 6 seconds after this, the keypad will be locked.
• You can return it to working condition using the combination Ctrl+Alt+Delete, and then pressing “Esc”.

Child Lock

One of the modern popular programs is Child Lock.

Download it from the developer’s website and install according to the instructions. The operation of this software occurs through four buttons.

1. "Auto Lock" will automatically lock the screen after 10 minutes of inactivity. And the program itself will collapse into a hidden tab on the taskbar.
2. Pressing “Block Win Ctrl” will make it possible to disable the “Win” and “Ctrl” buttons, since they are often used in conjunction with other buttons.
3. Disabling the keyboard and mouse at once will be ensured by the “Lock” position.
4. “Allow only” will disable all laptop interfaces.

This program provides hot keys - Shift+Alt+End and Shift+Alt+End. The first command will help lock all buttons on the device, the last one is responsible for unlocking all components.

Now you know that the keypad can be locked in several ways. The main thing is to first study all the intricacies of this process and carry it out competently. Then no one will be able to delete data from your laptop!