How do I turn off the windows feature that makes me enter
my password to return to windows every time i have been
idle for a little while

Fred,

Turn off the "On resume, display Welcome Screen" feature:
Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Display.
Click the Screen Saver tab, click to clear the On Resume, display
Welcome screen check box.

(and)

Configure your computer to not prompt you to type a password when you resume
from standby:
Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Power Options.
On the Advanced tab, click to clear the Prompt for password when
computer resumes from standby check box, and then click OK.

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
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"fred" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:031b01c3d631$f3eaf8b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
How do I turn off the windows feature that makes me enter
my password to return to windows every time i have been
idle for a little while