Desktop Lock Express

Desktop Lock Express is a lightweight application whose purpose is to protect your sensitive data from unauthorized viewing by setting up a password which locks your screen.

Since this is a portable program, it is important to mention that it doesn’t leave any traces in the Windows Registry.

You can copy it on any USB flash drive or other devices, and take it with you whenever you need to lock the desktop on the breeze, without having to go through installation steps.

Desktop Lock Express sports a clean and simplistic interface that offers only a few configuration settings to tinker with.

The program gives you the possibility to block other users’ access to your computer by inserting the password in a dedicated pane. You are allowed to change the password and enable the auto-locking mode at Windows start up.

Since there aren’t many configuration settings, even rookies can set up the entire process with minimum effort.

On the downside, the program doesn’t offer hints about the strength level or your password and doesn’t let you customize the desktop background by uploading images from the computer.

During our testing we have noticed that Desktop Lock Express carries out a task very quickly, and no errors showed up throughout the entire process.

As it would be expected from such a small utility, it remains light on system resources, so it doesn’t burden the overall performance of the computer, nor interfere with other programs’ functionality.

To sum things up, Desktop Lock Express makes the locking process seem nothing but a piece of cake, and is suitable especially for less experienced users, as it lacks advanced features.