Logon screen

[Melanie Lenard]

I am running WinXP SP1. It used to be that, if I left the system
unattended, it would revert to the logon screen (the one that invites you
"To begin, click your user name.") At this point, any user with a password
could log on to their account. All fine with me.

Then one day things changed. Now when I leave the system unattended, it
just reverts to the screen saver and anyone can just jiggle the mouse and be
logged in to my account. I tried going to Control Panel>Display>Screen Saver
and checking the box "On resume, password protect". That works, but seems to
use a different mechanism--the computer is locked and only the last user or
an administrator can unlock it.

How can I get things back to the way they were?

 

[Terry]

On 11/9/2004 11:48 AM On a whim, Melanie Lenard pounded out on the keyboard

I am running WinXP SP1. It used to be that, if I left the system
unattended, it would revert to the logon screen (the one that invites you
"To begin, click your user name.") At this point, any user with a password
could log on to their account. All fine with me.

Then one day things changed. Now when I leave the system unattended, it
just reverts to the screen saver and anyone can just jiggle the mouse and be
logged in to my account. I tried going to Control Panel>Display>Screen Saver
and checking the box "On resume, password protect". That works, but seems to
use a different mechanism--the computer is locked and only the last user or
an administrator can unlock it.

How can I get things back to the way they were?

Try Control Panel, User Accounts. Click "Change the way users log on or
off", check "Use the Welcome Screen" and "Use Fast User Switching". Then
when the screen saver goes on it will revert to the Welcome screen.

--
Terry

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