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From a visible desktop to hardware monitoring while locked.
Choose a workflow, follow the settings, and test your rules.
18 guides
Guides describe an activated app. The current preview simulates lock and power actions. Each guide explains the expected result and how to test it.
Visible desktop & sign-in
3 guidesKeep the desktop visible. Lock Windows on activity.
Keep your desktop visible, then request native Windows sign-in on a click or keypress. Configure DeskLatch and understand when Windows actually locks.
02 / Visible desktop & sign-inKeep screensaver sign-in. Add rules for the locked session.
Keep Windows screensaver authentication enabled and add DeskLatch rules for USB, display and other events while the Windows session is locked.
03 / Visible desktop & sign-inLock Windows on a keypress or mouse click
Choose the input that requests native Windows sign-in, with a five-second manual arming countdown.
USB & hardware
6 guidesShut down when a USB device is connected.
Configure a Windows shutdown response to USB arrival, test it safely, and learn why DeskLatch cannot distinguish a foreign device from a trusted one.
05 / USB & hardwareMake USB removal request a restart.
Use USB removal as a Windows restart trigger, with separate connected-device behavior and a practical test for docks, hubs and peripherals.
06 / USB & hardwareRespond when a monitor leaves the workstation.
Set a separate restart response for monitor removal while Windows is locked, and test the display, dock and USB events your hardware reports.
07 / USB & hardwareGive display changes three separate rules.
Configure monitor connection, disconnection and resolution/layout changes independently so normal display adjustments do not share one broad action.
08 / USB & hardwareUse laptop power and lid changes as signals.
Configure independent actions for switching from AC to laptop battery and opening the lid, with hardware-aware testing for Windows power events.
09 / USB & hardwareBuild a Windows USB event response
Understand what a software USB kill switch can do, choose separate arrival/removal rules, and test your hardware.
Automatic & session
5 guidesStep away with your phone. Let locked-session rules take over.
Use a Bluetooth-paired phone to let Windows Dynamic Lock lock your PC, then apply DeskLatch USB and display rules for the locked session.
11 / Automatic & sessionArm after inactivity, with room for a film or presentation.
Arm DeskLatch after inactivity while allowing supported fullscreen presentations and display-required applications to defer automatic enabling.
12 / Automatic & sessionChoose what a Remote Desktop session change should do.
Choose separate responses for Windows Remote Desktop session connection and disconnection, with testing guidance and session-specific limitations.
13 / Automatic & sessionKeep normal monitoring off. Watch the locked session.
Keep normal input monitoring disabled and apply independent USB, display, power and session responses whenever Windows locks, even with a grey tray icon.
14 / Automatic & sessionEnable after inactivity, without a screensaver
Set the idle interval and optional pauses for fullscreen apps, presentations and display requests.
Setup & troubleshooting
4 guidesTest the event before trusting the response.
Validate input, USB, display and locked-session rules with simulated actions, then use local event history to understand which profile and response applied.
16 / Setup & troubleshootingBe ready after sign-in. Recover after a crash.
Configure sign-in startup and optional heartbeat recovery independently, understand restored monitoring state, and distinguish intentional Exit from a crash.
17 / Setup & troubleshootingRequest Windows locking before a restart.
Use Lock Windows, then restart to request native locking before restart dispatch, and understand confirmation, failure handling and the lack of a restart delay.
18 / Setup & troubleshootingUnderstand the Windows locked profile
Use independent USB, display, power and session rules while locked, even when the tray icon is grey.
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