No password option for screen saver

Upon inactivity I would like to activate a password protected screensaver.
However my screensaver settings in the display properties does not have a
password option. I've heard that if your user account has a password then the
screen saver will also, but this isn't the case. When my screen saver runs
there's no password prompt. Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Joe M.

"Joe M." wrote in message
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Upon inactivity I would like to activate a password protected
screensaver.
However my screensaver settings in the display properties does not
have a
password option. I've heard that if your user account has a password
then the
screen saver will also, but this isn't the case. When my screen
saver runs
there's no password prompt. Can anyone help?


You mean an option to enter the password, or an option to *enable*
password protection when the screen saver activates?There is an "on
resume" option to enable password protection. There is no input field
to specify the password as the same one gets reused that you used to
login to your Windows account. Are you saying that somehow the dialog
window shown at
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_..._password.html
no longer shows the "on resume" password protect option (even if
grayed out) shown in the red circle in the picture?

Are you using the screen savers included in Windows or from a 3rd
party product?

Do you use auto-logging to automatically log into your Windows account
when you boot the computer?

In answer to your questions:

- There is no option to enable password protection.
- It is not grayed out, it doesn't appear at all.
- I do not use automatic logging. We have 3 user accounts and you must log
on in the welcome screen.
- These are with the Windows XP screensavers

Thanks,
Joe M.

"VanguardLH" wrote:

"Joe M." wrote in message
...
Upon inactivity I would like to activate a password protected
screensaver.
However my screensaver settings in the display properties does not
have a
password option. I've heard that if your user account has a password
then the
screen saver will also, but this isn't the case. When my screen
saver runs
there's no password prompt. Can anyone help?


You mean an option to enter the password, or an option to *enable*
password protection when the screen saver activates?There is an "on
resume" option to enable password protection. There is no input field
to specify the password as the same one gets reused that you used to
login to your Windows account. Are you saying that somehow the dialog
window shown at
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_..._password.html
no longer shows the "on resume" password protect option (even if
grayed out) shown in the red circle in the picture?

Are you using the screen savers included in Windows or from a 3rd
party product?

Do you use auto-logging to automatically log into your Windows account
when you boot the computer?

"Joe M." wrote in message
news

"VanguardLH" wrote:

"Joe M." wrote ...

Upon inactivity I would like to activate a password protected
screensaver.
However my screensaver settings in the display properties does not
have a
password option. I've heard that if your user account has a
password
then the
screen saver will also, but this isn't the case. When my screen
saver runs
there's no password prompt. Can anyone help?

You mean an option to enter the password, or an option to *enable*
password protection when the screen saver activates?There is an "on
resume" option to enable password protection. There is no input
field
to specify the password as the same one gets reused that you used
to
login to your Windows account. Are you saying that somehow the
dialog
window shown at
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_..._password.html
no longer shows the "on resume" password protect option (even if
grayed out) shown in the red circle in the picture?

Are you using the screen savers included in Windows or from a 3rd
party product?

Do you use auto-logging to automatically log into your Windows
account
when you boot the computer?

In answer to your questions:

- There is no option to enable password protection.
- It is not grayed out, it doesn't appear at all.
- I do not use automatic logging. We have 3 user accounts and you
must log
on in the welcome screen.
- These are with the Windows XP screensavers

Are you logged in under an admin-level account when you check the
screensaver settings?

Is(are) the host(s) in a domain? If so, group policy can dictate that
users cannot modify screensaver settings. That includes preventing
the users from changing the time to wait before activating the
screensaver and disabling password protection. Group policies are
recorded in the registry so it is also possible to enforce the same
behavior using a local security policy. I don't know what is the
registry setting. However, my recollection when using a group/local
policy to disable the password protect option (usually to force it
enabled) is that the option is greyed out to show that changing it is
disabled, not that it disappears completely from that dialog.

If you pick no screensaver (i.e., "(None)"), do the Wait and "On
Resume" option appear (but greyed out)? Do they appear (whether
greyed out or not) if you pick a different screensaver?

- This is a home pc so there is no domain.
- My account is the administrator.
- The "wait" and "on resume" are visible regardless if a screensaver i
sselected or not.
- The wait for _minutes is visible. The only option to chose is "return to
Welcome screen".
- If I select a screensaver then it will appear after the wait time
specified. However there is no password prompt it just returns to the
desktop.

Thanks,
Joe M.

"VanguardLH" wrote:

"Joe M." wrote in message
news

"VanguardLH" wrote:

"Joe M." wrote ...

Upon inactivity I would like to activate a password protected
screensaver.
However my screensaver settings in the display properties does not
have a
password option. I've heard that if your user account has a
password
then the
screen saver will also, but this isn't the case. When my screen
saver runs
there's no password prompt. Can anyone help?

You mean an option to enter the password, or an option to *enable*
password protection when the screen saver activates?There is an "on
resume" option to enable password protection. There is no input
field
to specify the password as the same one gets reused that you used
to
login to your Windows account. Are you saying that somehow the
dialog
window shown at
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_..._password.html
no longer shows the "on resume" password protect option (even if
grayed out) shown in the red circle in the picture?

Are you using the screen savers included in Windows or from a 3rd
party product?

Do you use auto-logging to automatically log into your Windows
account
when you boot the computer?

In answer to your questions:

- There is no option to enable password protection.
- It is not grayed out, it doesn't appear at all.
- I do not use automatic logging. We have 3 user accounts and you
must log
on in the welcome screen.
- These are with the Windows XP screensavers

Are you logged in under an admin-level account when you check the
screensaver settings?

Is(are) the host(s) in a domain? If so, group policy can dictate that
users cannot modify screensaver settings. That includes preventing
the users from changing the time to wait before activating the
screensaver and disabling password protection. Group policies are
recorded in the registry so it is also possible to enforce the same
behavior using a local security policy. I don't know what is the
registry setting. However, my recollection when using a group/local
policy to disable the password protect option (usually to force it
enabled) is that the option is greyed out to show that changing it is
disabled, not that it disappears completely from that dialog.

If you pick no screensaver (i.e., "(None)"), do the Wait and "On
Resume" option appear (but greyed out)? Do they appear (whether
greyed out or not) if you pick a different screensaver?

Joe M. wrote:
Upon inactivity I would like to activate a password protected
screensaver. However my screensaver settings in the display
properties does not have a password option. I've heard that if your
user account has a password then the screen saver will also, but
this isn't the case. When my screen saver runs there's no password
prompt. Can anyone help?

VanguardLH wrote:
You mean an option to enter the password, or an option to *enable*
password protection when the screen saver activates?There is an "on
resume" option to enable password protection. There is no input
field to specify the password as the same one gets reused that you
used to login to your Windows account. Are you saying that somehow
the dialog window shown at
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_..._password.html
no longer shows the "on resume" password protect option (even if
grayed out) shown in the red circle in the picture?

Are you using the screen savers included in Windows or from a 3rd
party product?

Do you use auto-logging to automatically log into your Windows
account when you boot the computer?

Joe M. wrote:
In answer to your questions:

- There is no option to enable password protection.
- It is not grayed out, it doesn't appear at all.
- I do not use automatic logging. We have 3 user accounts and you
must log on in the welcome screen.
- These are with the Windows XP screensavers

VanguardLH wrote:
Are you logged in under an admin-level account when you check the
screensaver settings?

Is(are) the host(s) in a domain? If so, group policy can dictate
that users cannot modify screensaver settings. That includes
preventing the users from changing the time to wait before
activating the screensaver and disabling password protection.
Group policies are recorded in the registry so it is also possible
to enforce the same behavior using a local security policy. I
don't know what is the registry setting. However, my recollection
when using a group/local policy to disable the password protect
option (usually to force it enabled) is that the option is greyed
out to show that changing it is disabled, not that it disappears
completely from that dialog.

If you pick no screensaver (i.e., "(None)"), do the Wait and "On
Resume" option appear (but greyed out)? Do they appear (whether
greyed out or not) if you pick a different screensaver?

Joe M. wrote:
- This is a home pc so there is no domain.
- My account is the administrator.
- The "wait" and "on resume" are visible regardless if a
screensaver i sselected or not.
- The wait for _minutes is visible. The only option to chose is
"return to Welcome screen".
- If I select a screensaver then it will appear after the wait time
specified. However there is no password prompt it just returns to
the desktop.

Okay - so what I see here is that you have an account that is of an
administrative level. When you turn off and turn on the power to said
computer - you have to click on the user account name on the Welcome Screen
and enter a password (not blank) to logon to utilize the computer.

You select a screensaver (like "Blank" or "Windows XP") and you do not see
"On Resume, display Welcome Screen" or "On resume, password protect" - or do
you and they are greyed out? I am confused here - having read through it
all a couple of times. heh

Control Panel -- User Accounts -- Change the way users logon
What are the settings there?

How long do you wait before de-activating the screensaver to see if it
returned to the logon prompt/welcome screen? I'd suggest installing TweakUI
and checking what the settings are for the "Grace Period".

Have you seen this?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328000

Checked the registry value?
http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/1189/

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"Joe M." wrote in message
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- This is a home pc so there is no domain.
- My account is the administrator.
- The "wait" and "on resume" are visible regardless if a screensaver
i
sselected or not.

Now you say that you CAN see the "on resume" (password) option in the
dialog used to select the screensaver. Before you said that option
was not present at all in that dialog. I specifically gave a URL to a
picture of that dialog that had the "on resume" option circled in red
and asked if that is what was NOT appearing in the dialog, and you
said it was not there. Disabled is NOT the same as hidden or missing.

- The wait for _minutes is visible. The only option to chose is
"return to
Welcome screen".

Oh, maybe you left Windows configured with the Fisher-Price interface
which includes the Welcome Screen. That is the FIRST junk I get rid
of after installing Windows XP.

- If I select a screensaver then it will appear after the wait time
specified. However there is no password prompt it just returns to
the
desktop.

Did you ever specify a non-blank password for your account? The
default password is blank. YOU have to specify a non-blank password
if you want to use one. If you don't have a password for the
Administrator account then how could Windows ever require one when
resuming from screensaver mode?