enalrging timeout for automatic logout from a user account - newbie

[markryde]

Hello,
I have 3 user accounts on windows xp.

After I log in to some account and there is
no activitiy for some (not a long) time, there is a logout to a
screen where all user accounts are displayed
and I have to choose again some account and then to log in again.

My question is : I had looked at control panel in user accounts and
could not find : where do I define this timeout period ? How do I
enlarge it ?

TIA,
Regards,
MR

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have 3 user accounts on windows xp.

After I log in to some account and there is
no activitiy for some (not a long) time, there is a logout to a
screen where all user accounts are displayed
and I have to choose again some account and then to log in again.

My question is : I had looked at control panel in user accounts and
could not find : where do I define this timeout period ? How do I
enlarge it ?

That is not a 'logout' or 'logoff' at all. The screen is being locked by
the screensaver.

Right-click on the background (away from icons) and choose properties. Look
under the screensaver tab and change how long it takes to activate the
screensaver.