bgeraghty

I also don't know VB very well, but I've seen it done like this in another language.

use this WinAPI function: SystemParametersInfo(a,b,c,d)
for a, put SPI_SCREENSAVERRUNNING
for b, put the integer value of 1
for c, put a pointer to an integer value of 0
for d, put the integer value of 0

jayme

This doesn't help the slightest bit.

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grumpy

As a matter of fact it does; it also happens to be related to the approach suggested by jeffball55. One of the side effects of convincing the system (win95/98, etc) that the screen saver is running is to disable the three finger salute and also alt-tab switching.

To do it under windows NT/2000/XP you have to monkey with security settings, and one of the side effects of disabling CTRL-ALT-DELETE is that it is no longer possible to log in. In other words, it will have the desired effect but, should the user log out, or should the system power down or otherwise reboot you have an unusable system (unless you also disable use of CTRL-ALT-DELETE and disable all users from using a password for logging in, which opens a pretty big security hole).