unwanted standby

[Guest]

I seem to be having the opposite problem from most people regarding standby.
My Power Option setting for entering standby mode is set to "never", however,
if I leave my machine for 5 minutes, when I come back I am required to
re-enter my password before I can resume work. I am assuming that the machine
is going into standby mode. Any ideas on how to reset the timeout to
something more reasonable, like 30 minutes?

 

[Guest]

maybe your BIOS is set to go on standby in 5 minutes. Check out your BIOS
setings about Power saving and see if that helps.
much love
andras

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Control Panel/Display/Screensaver tab, change the "wait" time, or uncheck
the option "on resume, display welcome screen".

Control Panel/Power options/advanced, uncheck "prompt for password when
computer resumes from standby".

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org