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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. |
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"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? |
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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? |
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"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? |
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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. - 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? |
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No password option for screen saver
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/ -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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No password option for screen saver
"Joe M." wrote in message
... - 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? |
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Sorry if I was not clear. What I see in the screen saver settings is:
- Wait (to set the minutes) - Check box for "on resume display welcome screen" That's all there is. If I leave the "on resume" unchecked the screen saver will appear after the wait time but there is no password prompt when the screen saver is activated. Pressing any key stops the screen saver and returns to the desktop. Thanks, Joe "VanguardLH" wrote: "Joe M." wrote in message ... - 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? |
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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. Joe M. wrote: Sorry if I was not clear. What I see in the screen saver settings is: - Wait (to set the minutes) - Check box for "on resume display welcome screen" That's all there is. If I leave the "on resume" unchecked the screen saver will appear after the wait time but there is no password prompt when the screen saver is activated. Pressing any key stops the screen saver and returns to the desktop. For the explanation you give - yes... That's correct. Did you mistakenly write something other than what you intended to write? Questions for you (Yes/No): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1) When you turn off and turn on the power to said computer - do you have to click on the user account name on the Welcome Screen and enter a password (not blank, not just ENTER) to logon to utilize the computer? 2) You select a screensaver (like "Blank" or "Windows XP") and you do see "On Resume, display Welcome Screen"... And above you say it is UNCHECKED. You do realize that has to be CHECKED to be active...? Assuming you meant it WAS checked (not what you said)... 3) How long do you wait before de-activating the screensaver to see if it returned to the logon prompt/welcome screen? Suggestions: ~~~~~~~~~~ - Make sure the checkbox for "On Resume, display Welcome Screen" is checked... - 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/ -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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In response to your questions:
#1 - Yes, I select a user and enter a password (not blank) #2 - If I leave it checked it goes to the welcome screen which is NOT what I want. I just want it to go to the screensaver with a password. Unchecked the screensaver appears without the welcome screen. #3 - I have waited maybe 10 minutes before deactivating the screensaver. The MS article you suggested is in reference to activating the screen saver manually which is not the case for me. The pctools article I have also seen but it does not apply to my problem. Thanks, Joe M. "Shenan Stanley" wrote: scroll to bottom of conversation for latest post 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. Joe M. wrote: Sorry if I was not clear. What I see in the screen saver settings is: - Wait (to set the minutes) - Check box for "on resume display welcome screen" That's all there is. If I leave the "on resume" unchecked the screen saver will appear after the wait time but there is no password prompt when the screen saver is activated. Pressing any key stops the screen saver and returns to the desktop. For the explanation you give - yes... That's correct. Did you mistakenly write something other than what you intended to write? Questions for you (Yes/No): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1) When you turn off and turn on the power to said computer - do you have to click on the user account name on the Welcome Screen and enter a password (not blank, not just ENTER) to logon to utilize the computer? 2) You select a screensaver (like "Blank" or "Windows XP") and you do see "On Resume, display Welcome Screen"... And above you say it is UNCHECKED. You do realize that has to be CHECKED to be active...? Assuming you meant it WAS checked (not what you said)... 3) How long do you wait before de-activating the screensaver to see if it returned to the logon prompt/welcome screen? Suggestions: ~~~~~~~~~~ - Make sure the checkbox for "On Resume, display Welcome Screen" is checked... - 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/ -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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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. Joe M. wrote: Sorry if I was not clear. What I see in the screen saver settings is: - Wait (to set the minutes) - Check box for "on resume display welcome screen" That's all there is. If I leave the "on resume" unchecked the screen saver will appear after the wait time but there is no password prompt when the screen saver is activated. Pressing any key stops the screen saver and returns to the desktop. Shenan Stanley wrote: For the explanation you give - yes... That's correct. Did you mistakenly write something other than what you intended to write? Questions for you (Yes/No): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1) When you turn off and turn on the power to said computer - do you have to click on the user account name on the Welcome Screen and enter a password (not blank, not just ENTER) to logon to utilize the computer? 2) You select a screensaver (like "Blank" or "Windows XP") and you do see "On Resume, display Welcome Screen"... And above you say it is UNCHECKED. You do realize that has to be CHECKED to be active...? Assuming you meant it WAS checked (not what you said)... 3) How long do you wait before de-activating the screensaver to see if it returned to the logon prompt/welcome screen? Suggestions: ~~~~~~~~~~ - Make sure the checkbox for "On Resume, display Welcome Screen" is checked... - 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/ Joe M. wrote: In response to your questions: #1 - Yes, I select a user and enter a password (not blank) #2 - If I leave it checked it goes to the welcome screen which is NOT what I want. I just want it to go to the screensaver with a password. Unchecked the screensaver appears without the welcome screen. #3 - I have waited maybe 10 minutes before deactivating the screensaver. The MS article you suggested is in reference to activating the screen saver manually which is not the case for me. The pctools article I have also seen but it does not apply to my problem. *sigh* You seem to be changing everything you said. Let's see if we can get this straight. You first said you did not have an option to password protect your screensaver. You also stated originally that you did not have the password option. Are you now saying that you set the checkbox for "On Resume - Display Welcome Screen" as checked. You wait for the screensaver to come up. The screensaver never appears - but just goes straight to the welcome screen... Or the screensaver appears, but when you move the mouse/press a key - it shows the Welcome Screen and you have to click on your username and type in your password again to log back on? (If the latter - yes - that is 100% correct and expected.) What you obviously did not understand (may not now) is that the "On Resume - Display Welcome Screen" is the same - given your chosen method of logon - as "On Resume, Password Protect". If you want the latter message - you will have to change the way you logon... I aked this in my original response - which you ignored: Control Panel -- User Accounts -- Change the way users logon What are the settings there? If you want the, "On Resume, Password Protect" checkbox - you need to change to Classic Logon - in other words - you cannot use the Welcome screen if you want the text to say "password protect" instead of "display welcome screen". Now you are saying that when the box is checked - you get NO screensaver - it just goes straight to the welcome screen. Sounds like something is moving/happening after the screensaver activates if you never see the screensaver - although that seems bizarre. Change the way users logon (uncheck "Use the Welcome Screen") and reboot. You better know your actual username before you reboot - because from that point on you will have to type in your username. START button -- RUN -- type in: cmd /k set -- Click OK. In the windows that comes up, the part after "USERNAME=" is your actual username. Come back - let us know! BTW - There is a possibility that what you want is not possible innately. You may actually think you can get the Welcome screen logon and when the screensaver appears and you move the mouse - you should get the classic logon or just a box asking you for a password. That is *not* the way Windows XP works (or hasn't since 2001) with the settings you say you have (Welcome screen logon, "On Resume, Display Welcome Screen" checked, etc.) With the classic logon - you won't ever have the welcome screen and have to manually type in your password each time (username as well possibly - although - it is probably set to remember the last user logged on) you turn on the computer and when you deactivate the screensaver. You cannot *mix* the classic/welcome screen logons and Windows XP does not have pure password protected screensavers. It is not based off the old Windows 9x code - so it does not have the weaker features of those OSes. You could get a third party screensaver that might give you that feature - but i do not know WHY you would do that. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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"Joe M." wrote in message
... "VanguardLH" wrote: 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. ... 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? Sorry if I was not clear. What I see in the screen saver settings is: - Wait (to set the minutes) - Check box for "on resume display welcome screen" That's all there is. If I leave the "on resume" unchecked the screen saver will appear after the wait time but there is no password prompt when the screen saver is activated. Pressing any key stops the screen saver and Specify a non-blank password for the account under which you login into Windows. Well, why aren't you checking the "on resume" option? You say that you leave it unchecked. That means you don't want any password protection (by returning to the Welcome Screen). |
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No password option for screen saver
"Joe M." wrote in message
... #2 - If I leave it checked it goes to the welcome screen which is NOT what I want. I just want it to go to the screensaver with a password. Unchecked the screensaver appears without the welcome screen. The screensaver activates after the specified interval if inactivity. When you move the mouse or hit a keyboard key, you then "resume" by showing the Welcome Screen which then has you specify the password to get back into your Windows session. The Welcome Screen *is* the login screen where you enter your password. And, in your setup, the Welcome Screen is also the resume session login screen after exiting the screensaver. When testing a screensaver, you need to let it run for 1 minute, or longer; otherwise, you are inside the grace period where the screensaver activates but you are at the computer and don't want to lockup your computer so you move the mouse within a minute and the screensaver disappears and you are back to your desktop. |
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