Dialog box to emulate windows lock'ing mechanism

is there a way to put up a dialog box or a simple panel with username and password that locks (sort of) locks windows and you cannot perform anything unless you enter something?
it is assuming that we're not using the same entitlements as our windows login.
please let me know if this is doable.

is there a way to put up a dialog box or a simple
panel with username and password that locks (sort of)
locks windows and you cannot perform anything unless
you enter something?
it is assuming that we're not using the same
entitlements as our windows login.
please let me know if this is doable.In pure Java? No, it is not doable.

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