windows login screen

[Guest]

how do i directly go to windows login screen after screensaver is active in
windows XP ?? In the display setting it doesnt have the option of going to
login screen after the screensaver.

Is there some way I can do that ?

 

[Richard Urban]

Desktop | Properties | Screen Saver | Power | Advanced.

Place check in second box!

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Richard Urban

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[WTC]

how do i directly go to windows login screen after screensaver is
active in
windows XP ?? In the display setting it doesnt have the option of
going to
login screen after the screensaver.

Is there some way I can do that ?

In Display properties>Screen Saver Tab> Check "On resume, password
protect"

 

[Robert Gething]

how do i directly go to windows login screen after screensaver is active in
windows XP ?? In the display setting it doesnt have the option of going to
login screen after the screensaver.

Is there some way I can do that ?

Goto control panel, user accounts, change the way users log on and off.

 

[Richard Urban]

What you stated will NOT help the O/P! He is concerned about returning from
standby, not a general logon operation!

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Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

I think you guys dint understand what i was trying to say.

What I want to do is after the screensaver is deactivated, i dont want to
password protect it.. I want to directly go to the windows login screen and
use the user defined password in the login screen. ( Not the screensaver
password).

I had done it before on the previous desktop, but not on this laptop.

 

[Richard Urban]

The screen saver password is the same as the user login password! I know of
no way to change that mode of operation.

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Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

yes, the screensaver password is same as windows login password. But the
diff is that.. when screensaver password is activated a dialog window comes
up and i dont want to set it that way. Now if a guest wants to logon, he/she
cant .. until and unless you(administrator) take it to the windows login
screen and login as guest.

I hope you get my point.

 

[Richard Urban]

I don't see the situation being bypassed.

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Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[WTC]

yes, the screensaver password is same as windows login password. But
the
diff is that.. when screensaver password is activated a dialog window
comes
up and i dont want to set it that way. Now if a guest wants to logon,
he/she
cant .. until and unless you(administrator) take it to the windows
login
screen and login as guest.

I hope you get my point.

You need to enable "Use Fast User Switching" and "Use the Welcome
Screen" to do this.

Go to User Accounts in the Control Panel and select "Change the way
users Log on or off", then make the appropriate changes.

 

[Richard Urban]

There are some requisites before doing that.

1. A large amount of RAM

2. A system managed pagefile

Remember, everything that the original person was doing is saved to the
pagefile when a second person logs in. This is how the first person can
return to what he was doing, without any lost information, when the second
person logs out!

With insufficient RAM or pagefile the system may lock up or crash! I would
suggest a minimum of 256 meg of RAM for each person logged in.

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Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[WTC]

There are some requisites before doing that.

1. A large amount of RAM

2. A system managed pagefile

Remember, everything that the original person was doing is saved to
the pagefile when a second person logs in. This is how the first
person can return to what he was doing, without any lost information,
when the second person logs out!

With insufficient RAM or pagefile the system may lock up or crash! I
would suggest a minimum of 256 meg of RAM for each person logged in.

There is third as well, if the user has replaced msgina.dll file with a
third party file, the Fast User switching may not be available.

 

[Pete]

!

What you stated will NOT help the O/P! He is concerned about returning
from standby, not a general logon operation!

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Pete]

No !

The screen saver password is the same as the user login password! I know
of no way to change that mode of operation.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Pete]

No !

I don't see the situation being bypassed.

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Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Pete]

No !

There are some requisites before doing that.

1. A large amount of RAM

2. A system managed pagefile

Remember, everything that the original person was doing is saved to the
pagefile when a second person logs in. This is how the first person can
return to what he was doing, without any lost information, when the second
person logs out!

With insufficient RAM or pagefile the system may lock up or crash! I would
suggest a minimum of 256 meg of RAM for each person logged in.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!