Keyboard/Mouse Locking/Disabling?

[Troy28M]

Is it possible to disable/lock the keyboard/mouse with vbscript? I have a client-side script that compares files from a server with the client's files and replaces/adds if necessary. I would like to disable the possibility of conflict by taking the mouse and keyboard inputs away from the user during the update. Once update has completed, enable again.

3rd party software is not a possibility, so my question pertains to systems running OS - XP Professional.

 

[PScottC]

You could cause the user's workstation to lock, but it wouldn't stop the user from unlocking the machine. If your script runs fast, that may give you enough time to do your compare and copy.

objShell.Run "%systemroot%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation", , False

PSC

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