Normally, WinLock is displayed as an icon near the system
clock.
Right-click on the WinLock tray icon and click Open WinLock.
You will be prompted for the password. To adjust various WinLock
settings, select an icon in the Shortcut bar. The corresponding
page will be displayed in the Application area that takes up the
main portion of the window area.
Note: if you are
using WinLock first time, you will not be asking for the
password.
The Shortcut bar displays five
folders: General, System, Internet,
Access, and Timer.
Profiles
You may save WinLock settings to a file and open them later using
two appropriate commands in Profile menu. Using the profiles
lets you to switch between different protection schemes easily. If
you want to save current password in the saved profile, select
Save Password in Profile menu. Also, profiles can be
loaded on-the-fly from the command line without opening
configuration window. For example, run winlock.exe -profile
internet.wlp <password> (note that WinLock should be
already loaded) to automatically apply internet.wlp profile.
Note: if you
apply the profile from the command line, the password that contains
the profile will be ignored.
WinLock comes with a number of profiles ready for you to use. These predefined profiles located in Profiles folder and optimized for a particular purpose, defined by the profile name:
dialogs.wlp: blocks system dialogs.
games.wlp: blocks default games.
install.wlp: disables software installation.
internet.wlp: stops internet-related applications.
kiosk.wlp: turns on kiosk mode. This mode allows the use of the one specific application, while disabling access to other programs and system resources. The shortcut to this application should be added into Start\Programs\Startup folder.
media.wlp: disables multimedia applications usage.
msg.wlp: avoid users from running common instant messengers.
p2p.wlp: avoid users from running common file sharing peer2peer applications.
system.wlp: restricts access to system settings.
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