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Leaving your PC for a bit? Don’t want to power it down … but don’t want anyone touching your beloved machine while you’re away? No problem. Just lock up your desktop.

It’s simple, really. Hold down the Windows key on your keyboard (try looking to the left of your spacebar – it looks like a little flag) and then hit the “L” key. There you go. You just password protected your computer – just as if you’d logged out or restarted it.

The difference with the Windows key + “L” key trick is that all the programs that were running when you locked up your deskstop will stay open and running until you return, pop in your password, and get back to work. Or play.

No shutting down or restarting required!