No Screensaver From Welcome Screen

[Randy M.]

We're currently running XP Home with two user accounts.

When the "administrator" logs off, their screen saver
activates as expected, followed a while later by a
persistent black screen (not considered a problem since
this mode apparently won't damage the screen). When in
this state, moving the mouse or pressing any key brings
back the normal welcome screen allowing regular logins.

However...

When a "limited user" logs off, their screen saver
activates as expected, followed sometime later by a
reappearance of the welcome screen which then stays
on indefinitely (or until another login occurs).
Seems like this must be bad for the screen!!!

Is there any way to automatically invoke a screen
saver from the welcome screen? Or, alternatively,
is there a way to make the "limited user" log off
result in a black screen much like the "administrator"?

Thanks!

Randy

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

We're currently running XP Home with two user accounts.

When the "administrator" logs off, their screen saver
activates as expected, followed a while later by a
persistent black screen (not considered a problem since
this mode apparently won't damage the screen). When in
this state, moving the mouse or pressing any key brings
back the normal welcome screen allowing regular logins.

However...

When a "limited user" logs off, their screen saver
activates as expected, followed sometime later by a
reappearance of the welcome screen which then stays
on indefinitely (or until another login occurs).
Seems like this must be bad for the screen!!!

Is there any way to automatically invoke a screen
saver from the welcome screen? Or, alternatively,
is there a way to make the "limited user" log off
result in a black screen much like the "administrator"?

Thanks!

I haven't seen this behavior before, but if you are worried about damage to
the monitor screen, don't be concerned. Screen Savers were originally
developed to avoid screen "burn in" which could readily occur with the old
cga and ega monitors that were available until about ten years ago. Modern
vga monitors do not have this problem, although I have heard of burn in
occuring after an inordinate amount of time with a static image displayed.
(this was on a very low end monitor)

My solution to this is to set the monitor to power off after 30 minutes of
inactivity.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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