how do i set a screensaver password???

[Jose B.]

i've been really busy at work and college and i leave my
pc on becuase i run a FTP. and my little brothers and
sisters gets on my pc which i've gone lately. i wanna set
a screensaver password atleast they wont know it and they
wouldnt dare to turn it off, so i go to the screensaver
page and i cant seem to find where to type in a password,
why is this different from os 98? i dont use a password
for my adm. account and if i make one can i still auto
log on it? or will windows make a second adm. account
becuase i know my first adm account will now be only
access on safemode, i dont want this....please some must
know how to get passed this

 

[wojo]

i've been really busy at work and college and i leave my
pc on becuase i run a FTP. and my little brothers and
sisters gets on my pc which i've gone lately. i wanna set
a screensaver password atleast they wont know it and they
wouldnt dare to turn it off, so i go to the screensaver
page and i cant seem to find where to type in a password,
why is this different from os 98? i dont use a password
for my adm. account and if i make one can i still auto
log on it? or will windows make a second adm. account
becuase i know my first adm account will now be only
access on safemode, i dont want this....please some must
know how to get passed this

Create a log-in password and then click the "On resume, display Welcome
screen" checkbox.

You can still use TweakUI to autolog on and it will log you automatically
during a reboot or cold boot.

Be warned though that if your little brother or sister want to get into the
computer they still will be able to by simply rebooting the computer.

Your best bet is to not use autologin and just log in manually when you boot
up the computer.

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[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You don't set a password for the screensaver, you set a password for your
user account then set the system to display the welcome screen on resume.
This forces the user to enter a password to get access to the system. If you
had just set a SS password (ala Win98), then this is easily defeated by
rebooting the machine.

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