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Many people have often left the computer for a moment and when you come back a sibling is now on it. Then there are the people that just want to lock there computer. With this program that i wrote your computer will be locked from any one and if five incorrect answers are entered then you will be locked out for five minutes. It will automatically enter your user name where needed. In this instructable i will show you how this program works.
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Signing UpStep 1Getting Started
In the code below the program prompts for user input and decides weather or not you are correct.
@echo off & setlocal "This line makes it so that you don't see every command run"
set /a counter=0 "this sets a counter to zero"
color 7 "this tells the program that the screen should be black with white letters"
:header "this is a reference point to direct the program to.
title Lock Computer II for %username% "this creates a title for the window with your username%
cls "this clears the screen"
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe "this line force quits the explorer program that shows you your
computer"
goto start121 "this directs the program to the reference pooint start121"
:COUNTERSET "reference point"
set /a counter=0 "counter is set again to zero"
:start121 "reference point"
color 7 "sets the color to black and white"
cls "clear"
echo This computer is in use and has been locked. "displays"
echo. "displays an empty line"
echo Only Nick can unlock this computer. "displays"
echo. "displays an empty line"
echo If you are experiencing any difficulties contact the author by typing author. "displays"
echo. "displays an empty line"
set unlockcode= "makes the variable unlockcode"
set /p unlockcode=Enter the Unlock Code to unlock this computer. "prompts for user input"
if '%unlockcode%'=='legolas1' goto unlock "checks for password and directs to a reference point%
if '%unlockcode%'=='Author' goto contact "checks for password and directs to a reference point%
if '%unlockcode%'=='author' goto contact "checks for password and directs to a reference point%
if not '%unlockcode%'=='legolas1' goto middle "checks for password and directs to a reference point%
@echo off & setlocal "This line makes it so that you don't see every command run"
set /a counter=0 "this sets a counter to zero"
color 7 "this tells the program that the screen should be black with white letters"
:header "this is a reference point to direct the program to.
title Lock Computer II for %username% "this creates a title for the window with your username%
cls "this clears the screen"
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe "this line force quits the explorer program that shows you your
computer"
goto start121 "this directs the program to the reference pooint start121"
:COUNTERSET "reference point"
set /a counter=0 "counter is set again to zero"
:start121 "reference point"
color 7 "sets the color to black and white"
cls "clear"
echo This computer is in use and has been locked. "displays"
echo. "displays an empty line"
echo Only Nick can unlock this computer. "displays"
echo. "displays an empty line"
echo If you are experiencing any difficulties contact the author by typing author. "displays"
echo. "displays an empty line"
set unlockcode= "makes the variable unlockcode"
set /p unlockcode=Enter the Unlock Code to unlock this computer. "prompts for user input"
if '%unlockcode%'=='legolas1' goto unlock "checks for password and directs to a reference point%
if '%unlockcode%'=='Author' goto contact "checks for password and directs to a reference point%
if '%unlockcode%'=='author' goto contact "checks for password and directs to a reference point%
if not '%unlockcode%'=='legolas1' goto middle "checks for password and directs to a reference point%
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Good job otherwise.