I’ve discovered the guaranteed no-fail, works-every-time method to lock up your Vista laptop. It’s kind of complicated, so follow along carefully with these intricate and unlikely-to-occur-in-ordinary-use steps:
- Open Windows Explorer.
- Select a file.
- Right-click the file and select Rename from the context menu.
- Profit?
Yes, that arduous and complicated set of steps — that nobody would ever discover during normal use — are enough to consistently lock up my laptop. Lock up tight enough that recovery requires removing the battery to force the machine to power down.
