Screen Saver Setting Require Password Upon Resuming
Jun 30, 2005
I am running XP Pro, single user on my machine. My screen saver setting is to require a password upon resuming. Until a few days ago this was working fine, showing the Welcome screen. Then suddenly I am now (only upon screenaver resumption) getting the classic logon screen. The option setting in the screensaver settings window has changed and I am utterly unable to determine what changed it or how to return it to the original state.
My account settings are for Fast User Switching and to Show Welcome Screen. I am not part of a domain. In perusing some newsgroups I have found this question before, however nowhere an answer to the question how to fix it. I concluded that something I must have done (without me being aware of it) had changed this and consequently decided to use an XP test build on another machine to possibly pinpoint such an occurence through a phased approach. Much to my surprise I found the setting for a screensaver to 'upon resome, password protect' from the get-go, i.e. the very first time I logged on, so my attempt for analyis was proven unsuccessful in record time.....
I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but my XP switches to the 'switch user' setting every time the screen saver comes on. It gets really annoying so I wondered if anyone could tell me how to turn it off.
I have a screen saver selected and have checked "On resume, password protect". It works perfectly. However, I want to be able to start the screen saver from a shortcut which I created to the SCR file. The problem is it's not password protected. How can I start it when I walk away from my desk and have it password protected? I know how to lock the machine with WinKey + L or ALT+CTL+DEL but I want the screen saver on password protected when I lock the machine.
When I step away from the computer, the screensaver appears. When I return to resume working on it, the logon screen appears and I need to choose "myself" to re-enter the password. I can't remember how to set it to just continue working on the application after I "wiggle" the mouse.
Is there a way to password protect files? Our kids use the computer now for school and there is sensitive documents (budgets, taxes, etc) that I do not want the kids to get into. Is there a way I could put these files into a location that would require a password to get into?
I need to get into my CMos settings but when i try it comes up wanting a password and either i dopn't remember it or I got some virus that put it there so I can't get into it. Is there a way to bypass the password for getting in the Cmos
Okay, Well this is very easy and does not involve rebooting or logging off, BUT it requires Administrative Access. #1. Open up Command Prompt. #2. type in "net user Administrator (Password goes here)" (Without the quotes, And put in a password in place of the "(Password goes here)") So lets say you want to set the password to "computers", You would then type in: net user Administrator computers Simple as that! And doesn't involve rebooting!
I recently bought a new computer with a 512 MB graphic card. My old computer had a 128 MB card but at the beginning, I only had 8 MB. I was using a screen saver with fish in an aquarium. With only my 8 MB card, the animation was really impressive. I tried my screen saver yesterday with my new 512 MB card and the picture was terrible. There were plenty of horizontal lines on the screen. What could explain this? Could it be that the program wasn't intented for this type of card? In those days, big cards like mine didn't exist. There might be a new update to this screen saver.
Since I installed XP I've only had my profile and it's always taken me straight into my desktop without logging in. However now it's asking for a password and it doesn't seem to be the one I'd use for it. Is there a default password because I don't recall actually setting one up for it :s Or do I have to reinstall XP?
What it did here was change the background and set the screensaver to the sysinternals bluescreen screensaver (which you may be seeing) while at the same time setting policies in the registry to disable the two aforementioned tabs in the Display properties window
We have several users that log into virtual machines from their home. We have one group in particular that has a user complaining that they are being logged off of remote desktop rather frequently. I checked their VM and the screen saver wasnt set to go off for over 2 hours and they are complaining that they are getting logged off after 30min. Is there a setting that can adjust how long before a remote desktop session will last before the person has to give the log in credentials again?
My company added an automatic screen saver and CTRL-ALT-DEL and then password to get back in. I can't turn it off. For some reason the option is grayed out when i log in as an administrator and then go to user accounts.
This is one i've never run into before. I can't get the screensaver to work. I have tried several screensavers, including the ones that came with the computer. I can change the desktop o.k. I have tried several different wait settings
Got my wife a new E-machine (i realize it is a cheaper computer but good enough for us) anyway, when it goes into the screen saver mode just a black screen if it hasn't been in screen saver very long you can just touch the mouse like you do with any other computer and it comes back on, however, if it goes into sleep mode and you leave it for say 15 or 20 min it is kind of random times it will not come back on by touching the mouse or clicking the spacebar button you have to push in the power button on the tower (just push it in and let it right back out) and then the desktop comes back up , it comes out of sleep mode. My question is ---what can I do to make it like other computers and just be able to touch the mouse no matter how much time it has been in sleep mode to get it to come back on.
I'm having a problem with the screen saver not working on my IBM T21 WinXP SP2 No matter where I set the settings it will never kick in. It works when you test it but not otherwise. The monitor power settings are also not working. Any suggestions? I'm out of ideas.
My problem is that once the screen saver has been in use, on moving the mouse to resume Windows the screen goes black. Sometimes if the monitor automatically switches itself off the same effect is seen once the mouse is moved. At this point the LED status indicator flashes and activity on the hard disk but there can be 5 minutes or more before the display operates. Frequently the display will not operate and the only option is to restart the PC. The power management settings are for always on and the monitor is set for always on. There is no password requirement to resume from screen saver to Windows. I have checked the drivers for the monitor and they are current.
When I turn on the computer I get the screen saver but no icons and no startup menu. Nothing happens if I right click on the desktop. I can get into some areas with task manager. However when I opened C: there is no control panel. I ran some spyware and did get rid of some infected files. I tried to download from the operating disk but nothing has helped.
My computer is running Win XP pro. It freezes when it goes to screen saver mode after few minutes and the cursor does not move. I need to reboot the computer to make work. Any help for this problem
Im looking for a good screensaver for win xp that doesnt have any advertisements or any of that other junk. What all do you use? Does Microsoft Plus offer that underwater reef screensavers that you see in display in stores?
I started this thread many weeks ago and was being helped but had hardware problems and commitments and I have to start again.I have up to date XP2 in a clean system. The problem - unimportant but annoying, is that my screensaver, whichever I use, unpredictably resets to one minute no matter what delay time I set. When it does this the screensaver does not run. I admit to sloppy attention to detail - I can't remember when this started but it was probably more than a year ago. A quick fix would be nice but now I have a bit of time to experiment.
I have been using the same screen saver and monitor power saver settings in display for several years and now they don't work,screen just stays on all the time. Has anyone had this problem and know how to repair.
I have been having problems ever since my daughter did something to my computer.But of course she wont admit to it when my screen saver came on, it would actually go to my log off screen, I shut down for the night and turn my laptop on, like this am, it goes to the log-off screen and I have to click on my user to pull up my desk top where as before it automatically took me to my desk-top. When in that log off screen, I noticed that the name I gave my computer is no longer there either, it just says " Click to shut down"
