Auto log-off after 10 minutes - How do I disable?

[Johanna.Nes]

About a week ago, a very irritating behaviour started on my Vista
Ultimate machine at home:

If left alone for approx 5 - 10 minutes, the machine makes a 'pinging'
sound and displays the "Welcome" screen with a little icon displaying
my Vista username.

In order to continue with what I was doing, I have to click the little
icon, listen to a pinging sound and wait for a few seconds while the
machine removes the welcome screen and displays the desktop as I left
it.

I do NOT want this behaviour and I have searched in vain for how to
turn it off... Since I did not consciously turn it ON, I have no idea
where to look!

I DO want to screen blacked out after a couple of hours inactivity -
but this pointless "logout" is only infuriating.

Does anyone know where I can find the settings for this?

 

[Dave]

Sounds like your screen saver is set to
[x] On resume, display logon screen
uncheck it

 

[Johanna.Nes]

Thanks for the suggestion Dave - however, this was not it...

I opened the Screen Saver settings and it was set to None.

"On resume, display logon screen" was not checked..

Have you got any other suggestion?

 

[Dave]

I'm running Win 7, so I can't check for sure...
but take a look at the Control Panel - Power Options.
It may be set to require a password when it wakes from sleep....

 

[Tony UK]

If the problem occurred only one week ago, you should be able to correct it
by using System Restore to a date and time prior to the start of the problem.

 

[Steve__67]

About a week ago, a very irritating behaviour started on my Vista
Ultimate machine at home:

If left alone for approx 5 - 10 minutes, the machine makes a 'pinging'
sound and displays the "Welcome" screen with a little icon displaying
my Vista username.

In order to continue with what I was doing, I have to click the little
icon, listen to a pinging sound and wait for a few seconds while the
machine removes the welcome screen and displays the desktop as I left
it.

I do NOT want this behaviour and I have searched in vain for how to
turn it off... Since I did not consciously turn it ON, I have no idea
where to look!

I DO want to screen blacked out after a couple of hours inactivity -
but this pointless "logout" is only infuriating.

Does anyone know where I can find the settings for this?

Try: r-click on desktop->personalize->screensaver->on bottom left "power options" ->click on plan used(ie: balanced,etc..)->click on advanced powersettings->click on additional settings->change require password on wakeup to "no"

Should cure your problem