Wrong password on resume

[ma]

Hi there,

Tried Google to no avail.
XP SP2
Three users with different passwords, one PC.
Starting from power on, get welcome screen, and
input password, no problem, log in OK.

After 5 minutes of inactivity, screensaver kicks in.
When I come back, and move the mouse, welcome screen
shows, and I click on my name and type in the correct
password that I always do, but XP tells me that it is
not correct password.

Finally I give up and restart the windows. This time it is
OK again. I can log in. If goes to screensaver again, I will
have to restart again, and again.

The only thing I did recently was to uninstall a freeware
screensaver, and when I ran spybot search & destroy, it
found something like WhenU.Save or close to it, and I let
it to fix the problem. Could this be causing it?

I am only using one keyboard lang., English.
And no "caps lock" is not on.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Mike

 

[Jon]

Sounds like spyware / malware simulating your login screen to steal your
password etc.
Turning off your screensaver (via right-click desktop > Properties >
Screensaver) may help temporarily. A few more scans with spyware / virus
detectors may also reveal more.


--
Jon

It takes all sorts to make a world

And if you're wondering why on earth I wrote that, well "ma"

 

[Guest]

I would turn off the option for "On resume, password protect".

 

[ma]

Yes, I could but then in a multi-user situation it may not be a good idea.
Any more suggestions how to fix this problem?

Thanks
Mike

 

[Jon]

If you're not doing so already, then try changing your screensaver to one of
the Windows default ones.

 

[ma]

I assume you are referring to something like
"maze" or "Beziers" or "pipes"? If so, yes
I switched to "maze" when I totally removed
the freeware saver when I started sensing
troubles caused by it.

I have run spyware & Adware cleaners
several times since then and all report nothing
bad.

Thanks for replying.
Mike