How can I have the -screen saver-password protection- resume to the welcome screen?

[Guest]

A couple of weeks ago Doug tried to help me work through a problem where my screen saver -password protection- resumes to a password protected locked screen. I need the computer to resume to the welcome screen so that guest users have access to the computer. Below is what Doug had me check. With no results

Can anyone help me? To
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Tom
Its always possible that a bug snuck in somewhere, Tom. Unfortunately, I'm out of ideas at this point. The only remaining option is to click Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 Go to the Advanced tab. Is the Require Users to press CTRL-ALT-DEL box checked under Secure Logon? If so, uncheck it. If its greyed out, click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system In the right pane, look for DisableCAD. Double click this value and set it to 0 (zero

Doug
I am not part of a domain. Can something have happened because of an automatic security update

Tom,
Is your computer part of a domain? Or set to be part of a domain

Doug,
The services.msc were set as you said they should be.

Tom,
You're in about the best place for help, there is
Have you tried disabling the Welcome Screen and Fast User Switching, then reenabling them
Also, go to Start, Run and enter SERVICES.MSC
Check the Fast User Switching service and the Terminal Services service. They should both be set to Manual start, and should be Started

Doug
I have not installed autopatcherXP. As best I know I didn't change anything, it just started opening up to the locked-password protected screen instead of the welcome screen.
This isn't what I want. Any ideas where I can search for help would be appreciated.

Tom
Not that comes to mind at this point. You haven't by chance installed a program called Autopatcher XP, have you

Doug
Both values were already set to 1. Anything else I can try? Thanks, To

Tom
Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogo
Look in the right pane for the values called AllowMultipleTSSessions and LogonType. Both of these values should be set to 1. If not, double click the value that needs to be changed and set it to 1.

Doug
Both the "use the welcome screen" and "use fast user switching" boxes are checked

Tom
Go to Control Panel, User Accounts, Change the way users log on and log off. Make sure that Fast User Switching is enabled

Doug
I have my screen saver set to "on resume, password protect". Prior to a week ago the computer would re-activate to the welcome screen so that my unprotected guest account was accessible. Without me making any changes (maybe an automatic security update?) the computer now re-activates to a locked screen that requires my password.
How can I have the -screen saver-password protection- resume to the welcome screen so that others can use the guest account

 

[edubbs]

Do you mean you want the screensaver to log the person out,
and not just lock the computer?

If so, you can install winexit.scr screensaver from the
Windows 2000 Resource Kit. That works pretty well.

E

-----Original Message-----
A couple of weeks ago Doug tried to help me work through a

problem where my screen saver -password protection- resumes
to a password protected locked screen. I need the computer
to resume to the welcome screen so that guest users have
access to the computer. Below is what Doug had me check.
With no results.

Can anyone help me? Tom
***********************************************************
Tom,
Its always possible that a bug snuck in somewhere, Tom.

Unfortunately, I'm out of ideas at this point. The only
remaining option is to click Start, Run and enter CONTROL
USERPASSWORDS2 Go to the Advanced tab. Is the Require
Users to press CTRL-ALT-DEL box checked under Secure Logon?
If so, uncheck it. If its greyed out, click Start, Run
and enter REGEDIT Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system
In the right pane, look for DisableCAD. Double click this
value and set it to 0 (zero)

Doug,
I am not part of a domain. Can something have happened

because of an automatic security update?

Tom,
Is your computer part of a domain? Or set to be part of a domain?

Doug,
The services.msc were set as you said they should be.

Tom,
You're in about the best place for help, there is.
Have you tried disabling the Welcome Screen and Fast User

Switching, then reenabling them?

Also, go to Start, Run and enter SERVICES.MSC
Check the Fast User Switching service and the Terminal

Services service. They should both be set to Manual start,
and should be Started.

Doug,
I have not installed autopatcherXP. As best I know I

didn't change anything, it just started opening up to the
locked-password protected screen instead of the welcome
screen.

This isn't what I want. Any ideas where I can search for help would be appreciated.

Tom,
Not that comes to mind at this point. You haven't by

chance installed a program called Autopatcher XP, have you?

Doug,
Both values were already set to 1. Anything else I can try? Thanks, Tom

Tom,
Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Look in the right pane for the values called

AllowMultipleTSSessions and LogonType. Both of these
values should be set to 1. If not, double click the value
that needs to be changed and set it to 1.

Doug,
Both the "use the welcome screen" and "use fast user switching" boxes are checked.

Tom,
Go to Control Panel, User Accounts, Change the way users

log on and log off. Make sure that Fast User Switching is
enabled.

Doug,
I have my screen saver set to "on resume, password

protect". Prior to a week ago the computer would
re-activate to the welcome screen so that my unprotected
guest account was accessible. Without me making any changes
(maybe an automatic security update?) the computer now
re-activates to a locked screen that requires my password.

How can I have the -screen saver-password protection-

resume to the welcome screen so that others can use the
guest account ?

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Do you mean you want the screensaver to log the person out,
and not just lock the computer?

If so, you can install winexit.scr screensaver from the
Windows 2000 Resource Kit. That works pretty well.

Hi

Winexit.scr is in the free Win2k3 Server RK kit as well (will work on
Win2k and WinXP at least).

Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en

(The kit will install on WinXP or later)

If the users are non-admins on the local computer you must add Set Value and
Create Subkey permissions for the group Everyone on this registry key:
HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion

How can I use the WinExit screen saver without granting Admin rights?
http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBC/tip1100/rh1179.htm

Logoff Screen Saver Does Not Function in Windows NT
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;156677



Another option is to create a scheduled job on each computer that logs
the user off after a set amount of idle time:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

 

[Guest]

Torgeir and edubbs

I tried winexit.scr and it closes my applications and logs off to the welcome screen. What used to happen until a few weeks ago is that the password protected screen saver would resume to the welcome screen and guests could use their account with my open applications still operational. I don't know what caused the change, perhaps a security update? Any ideas on how to get back to how the screen saver to welcome screen used to work

Tom
----- Torgeir Bakken (MVP) wrote: ----

edubbs wrote

Do you mean you want the screensaver to log the person out
and not just lock the computer
Windows 2000 Resource Kit. That works pretty well

H

Winexit.scr is in the free Win2k3 Server RK kit as well (will work o
Win2k and WinXP at least)

Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tool
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=e

(The kit will install on WinXP or later

If the users are non-admins on the local computer you must add Set Value an
Create Subkey permissions for the group Everyone on this registry key
HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersio

How can I use the WinExit screen saver without granting Admin rights
http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBC/tip1100/rh1179.ht

Logoff Screen Saver Does Not Function in Windows N
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;15667



Another option is to create a scheduled job on each computer that log
the user off after a set amount of idle time

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]


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torgei
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Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 pag
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