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Lock Your Windows 8 Laptop

This Tutorial addresses:
  • Laptops
  • Computers
  • Windows 8
  • Windows
Most people nowadays use Windows 8 on their laptop computers. Since laptops are kind of personal computers, no one else is allowed to touch them other than the laptop’s owner (or some very close friends of the owner). However there might be instances when you want to lock your laptop if you are leaving your PC alone for a while, and you do not want anybody else to peep into the computer screen and see what you are doing.

Locking a Windows 8 laptop is simple and requires just a few mouse clicks. Once your Windows 8 laptop is locked, you can unlock it by providing the correct password in the password field when prompted.

Here is how you can lock your Windows 8 laptop:

  1. Assuming that you are already logged in to your Windows 8 laptop.
  2. On the desktop screen, hover the mouse to the top-right corner or bottom-right corner of the interface.
  3. From the available Charms bar, click Start.

  4. Once the Start screen comes up, click your username from the top-right corner of the interface.
  5. Click the Lock option from the displayed list to lock the laptop instantaneously.



  • Apart from the above procedure, you can also lock your Windows 8 laptop by pressing the Windows + R keys simultaneously on your keyboard. No matter which method you follow to lock your Windows 8 laptop, the process of unlocking the computer remains the same whatsoever.
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