Guest Deleted_Account Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 I have always been keen on the idea of having my computer setup to do the following: 1) Sighn in needs USB drive ***NOT KEY FILE ACTUAL DRIVE*** 2) This can be coupled with a password optionally 3) Upon removal of drive windows locks making it easy to lock it in a rush Now i have found MANY free and proprietary programs for this but either don't work, screw up windows, or miss allot of features. So I was wondering how many people would be interested in trying such a project? My idea would be to write this in either C++ or VB for simplicity. Reply if interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sl45h3R Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 It would have to be a custom lock screen because i'm not sure if you can unlock the computer from a program running from the locked workstation. You could probably easily do it in C++, not so easily in VB, you would just have to poll the usb drives and look at the VID&PID and see if they match, then ask for a password. You could have a timer running so it checks every X amount of seconds to lock the screen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deleted_Account Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Yes i ended up finding a good example actually its called predator Free edition it basically does exactly what i mentioned plus disbling of mouse and key board. as a side note i have seen professional software used as a Logon screen for windows that requires password + usb drive so i know its possible but just not how to go about making it a replacemet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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