Vista Laptop Automatically "Locking" When Inactive

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Hi everyone,
I've had my HP Laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium installed on it since
February, and only in the last two days has this problem started occurring.
Whenever my computer is inactive for 10 or 15 minutes it automatically
"Locks," requiring me to enter my password to unlock it again. This is a
pain when doing things like watching movies or listening to music on my
computer, because I have to keep moving my mouse in order to keep it from
locking mid-video. I just want to be clear that it is not logging off, going
to sleep, hibernating, shutting down, or restarting, but rather doing the
same thing that occurs when I click "Lock" on the start menu. It has never
done this before, I have current anti-virus software, and to the best of my
knowledge I have not installed any new software or changed the power settings
recently. I am the only user and the administrator of my laptop, and would
like to turn this feature off without disabling things like requiring a
password when turning on the computer or the lock feature itself should I
actually choose to voluntarily use it. Thank you for any help you can give.
 
Does this therefore mean that you can not use the screensaver function at
all? I also have just recently began experiencing the same problem after
applying the screensaver, and the the icon with swirl "locking computer"
appearing.

Richard G. Harper said:
Check your screensaver settings, since one of the events that can be
configured to "lock" the system is the screensaver activating.

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JackR1984 said:
Hi everyone,
I've had my HP Laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium installed on it
since
February, and only in the last two days has this problem started
occurring.
Whenever my computer is inactive for 10 or 15 minutes it automatically
"Locks," requiring me to enter my password to unlock it again. This is a
pain when doing things like watching movies or listening to music on my
computer, because I have to keep moving my mouse in order to keep it from
locking mid-video. I just want to be clear that it is not logging off,
going
to sleep, hibernating, shutting down, or restarting, but rather doing the
same thing that occurs when I click "Lock" on the start menu. It has
never
done this before, I have current anti-virus software, and to the best of
my
knowledge I have not installed any new software or changed the power
settings
recently. I am the only user and the administrator of my laptop, and
would
like to turn this feature off without disabling things like requiring a
password when turning on the computer or the lock feature itself should I
actually choose to voluntarily use it. Thank you for any help you can
give.
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dpotts said:
Does this therefore mean that you can not use the screensaver function at
all? I also have just recently began experiencing the same problem after
applying the screensaver, and the the icon with swirl "locking computer"
appearing.
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No, of course it doesn't mean that. There is an option where you choose
the screensaver to "require password on resuming" (or some similar
language). Simply uncheck the box next to it. There is also an option
under Power Management to require a password when resuming from sleep,
so find that and uncheck it also.


Malke
 
Thank you so much for your help, my friend.

Malke said:
No, of course it doesn't mean that. There is an option where you choose
the screensaver to "require password on resuming" (or some similar
language). Simply uncheck the box next to it. There is also an option
under Power Management to require a password when resuming from sleep,
so find that and uncheck it also.


Malke
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www.elephantboycomputers.com
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I do not use a screen saver at all, and the password protect feature is off
Check your screensaver settings, since one of the events that can be
configured to "lock" the system is the screensaver activating.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


JackR1984 said:
Hi everyone,
I've had my HP Laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium installed on it
since
February, and only in the last two days has this problem started
occurring.
Whenever my computer is inactive for 10 or 15 minutes it automatically
"Locks," requiring me to enter my password to unlock it again. This is a
pain when doing things like watching movies or listening to music on my
computer, because I have to keep moving my mouse in order to keep it from
locking mid-video. I just want to be clear that it is not logging off,
going
to sleep, hibernating, shutting down, or restarting, but rather doing the
same thing that occurs when I click "Lock" on the start menu. It has
never
done this before, I have current anti-virus software, and to the best of
my
knowledge I have not installed any new software or changed the power
settings
recently. I am the only user and the administrator of my laptop, and
would
like to turn this feature off without disabling things like requiring a
password when turning on the computer or the lock feature itself should I
actually choose to voluntarily use it. Thank you for any help you can
give.
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