Locking the screen shortcut from a standard keyboard

Hello,
Have a question. Does anyone out there know what the shortcut to lock the screen is when using a (no mac) standard external keyboard?
I know that Control+Option+Eject works on the Macbook keyboard, but I'm suing a standard Microsoft Keyboard.
Thoughts?

Yes, but if you have System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General > Required password > Immediately set, you will need a password each and every time, you try to wake the screen.

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