Windows XP Problems-its switching to login page by itself..

[Dean]

while i am watching a avi movie, after a time my computer
automaticly goes to the login screen as if i had clicked
it to go to logout, change login, so my programmes are
still running and so on, but i am not doing it it does it
it's self while i watch a move, mad thing is i can still
here the movie sound....Help Please..

Thanx...

[Tom Porterfield]

Dean wrote:
> while i am watching a avi movie, after a time my computer
> automaticly goes to the login screen as if i had clicked
> it to go to logout, change login, so my programmes are
> still running and so on, but i am not doing it it does it
> it's self while i watch a move, mad thing is i can still
> here the movie sound....Help Please..

Sounds like the screen saver is kicking in and you have it set to password
protect on resume. To change those settings, right click on a blank area
of the desktop and select Properties. This will bring up your display
properties. Go to the Screen Saver tab. There you can set your screen
saver to none while you are watching movies, and you can toggle whether or
not you want the PC to require a password to resume after the screen saver
has kicked in.
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Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows XP & Smart Display
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support

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[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Dean,

Check your settings here:

Control Panel/Power Options

Media Player/Tools/options/player tab, uncheck "allow screensaver during
playback".

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Dean" > wrote in message
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> while i am watching a avi movie, after a time my computer
> automaticly goes to the login screen as if i had clicked
> it to go to logout, change login, so my programmes are
> still running and so on, but i am not doing it it does it
> it's self while i watch a move, mad thing is i can still
> here the movie sound....Help Please..
>
> Thanx...
>
>