Unlock windows computer remotely

Ask Question. Asked 1 year, 6 months ago. Active 7 months ago. Viewed times. I can lock the workstation with rundll I need something that could be automated at the click of a button on the client machine.

Improve this question. Look at remote desktop source code for example VNC which manages to let the remote user type into the login screen. Send your keystrokes the same way. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Ensure you install SSH server as that is what allows others to connect to you.

Notice the inbound traffic rule. Super necessary. It should be created automatically by setup. Improve this answer. Hope this helps.

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Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Is there a registry key or other setting I can tweak from the boot to command prompt to get the login to show me an administrator login, or enter the password from my microsoft account account?

Any way out of this short of a reinstall? I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. JonBland Independent Advisor. Hi Kevin My name is Jon and I am an independent technical adviser.

How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Only or an administrator can unlock this computer. If a user has logged on and logged off, you may be unable to log on to the computer locally or to the domain and the following error message may be displayed:. This computer is locked. In the error messages above, domain is the domain name of the last user who logged on to the server and username is the name of the user who last logged on to the server.

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it.

Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. Use the Shutdown tool in the Microsoft Windows Resource Kit and attempt to shut down the locked computer. The System Shutdown dialog box is displayed on the locked computer, but the computer does not restart.

When the shutdown timer expires, the Welcome to Windows dialog box is displayed.