Automatically login and lock
Take a look at this: Auto Logon and Lock
Auto Logon to Windows and immediately Lock Workstation (Safe Mode protected too)
Auto Logon & Lock is a small utility that enables your Windows PC to automatically logon to a user account on boot and then lock the desktop so a password is still required. Some of the reasons you might want to do this are: Faster boot time. The additional post-logon start up items are also started after Windows boots. Which means when you press the power button on your PC and come back after a few minutes, its completely booted up. No need to wait for additional software to load after you logon. Automatically resume downloads etc. when your PC reboots due to a power failure or crash. On XP you could do this by installing the application as a system service. In Vista and 7, Session 0 Isolation makes using a system service a pain, not to mention it's insecure. Just put your applications in the regular Windows Start Up folder and they will be launched after the auto logon. It password protects Safe Mode as well. Existing auto logon methods leave Safe Mode unprotected. It locks the desktop before Explorer is started. Other methods auto-lock using an autorun/start up entry which leave the PC logged on and unlocked until the autorun entries are executed (which can even take several minutes).
I haven't tried it myself, but it looks like it does what you want...
I managed to lock the PC immediately on startup while loading windows/startup items in the background. This works with Windows editions that has group policy editor.
Step 1: Open notepad, then paste this code:
WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run("rundll32 user32.dll,LockWorkStation")
Step 2: Click File>Save As
and in Save as type
dropdown menu, choose All Files
Step 3: In the File Name
field, enter LockWorkStation.vbs
and save the file to C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents
Step 4: Hit WindowsKey+R
, type regedit
and press ENTER
Step 5: Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Step 6: Right Click on a blank space and click New> DWORD (32-bit) Value
and press ENTER
Step 7: Double click the newly created REG_DWORD
file. In the Value name
type RunLogonScriptSync
and in the Value data
type1
and then press ENTER
Step 8: Hit WindowsKey+R
, type gpedit.msc
and press ENTER
Step 9: Under Computer Configuration
, go to
Administrative Templates > System > Logon
then Double Click Run these programs at user logon
Step 10: Click Enabled
, and on Items to run at logon
click Show...
Step 11: Type C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\LockWorkStation.vbs
and click OK
repeatedly until all windows are closed
Step 12: Hit WindowsKey+R
and type control.exe userpasswords2
then press ENTER
Step 13: Uncheck Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer.
then click OK
(type in your password if it prompts to do so)
Step : Restart your PC.
Now whenever you start your PC, the .vbs script will run first before anything else. This will ensure that your PC is locked before the desktop appears.
Note: You can change C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\
to wherever you want to store your script.
You can implement this as a windows task scheduled to be performed at login:
Run program rundll32.exe With arguments user32.dll,LockWorkStation
It works on my XP and 7, however it won't work on Windows 8/8.1