i want to get a turn key lock that can turn on and off an electrical item like my computer to stop people using it are there such things??
are you looking for something like this?....
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...=2457&doy=9m12
thats one of the more expensive ones, there are other cheaper ones on the site,
bear in mind that most psus have a switch on the back, the wire can be easily unplugged and you can also switch off at the mains...if someone whats to turn off your pc, they will find a way. I have been known to go to a buildings circuit breaker before to power off someones alarm clock, not the best way admitedly, but it worked
Another posibility is using a USB drive. It's possible that you can have a pen drive, that needs to be inserted to get through the POST, before you reach windows. By removing it, you "lock" windows, and can re-access the machine by re-inserting it.
Easiest way is break one of the leads to the on switch and put a key switch in there. Or even easier, by a kettle lead with the wrong end on, and an adaptor, hide the adaptor when you dont want people to use it.
Or easier still, put a password on boot up (been an option in the bios of every post 96 ish machine ive seen)
A simple key on/off switch won't work because it latches. You'll have to do it something like this:
+ o-------- Normal push switch ---- Key switch --------o -
My favourite way is to put GRUB with password protection on a pen-drive and boot from that![]()
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