XP Setting

[Herbert Eppel]

When the monitor on my computer goes to standby after 20 minutes
(according to my Power Options settings) and I then reactivate it, my
desktop comes back immediately, as expected.

On two other XP computers I configured recently, a clickable login
screen comes up instead, offering a choice of users (administrator and
the currently logged in user).

Auto login is set (via TweakUI) on all three computers but, despite
this, on two of them the undesirable user selection screen appears when
the monitor is reactivated.

Is there a setting to tell the computer to show the active desktop
rather than the login screen when the monitor is reactivated?

Thank you.

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

 

[Bob Lucas]

Position your mouse over a blank area of your desktop. Right
click and select "Properties".

Click on the Screen Saver tab. Then, un-check the box marked "On
resume, display Welcome screen".

Click on "Apply", followed by "OK".

You might also want to change one of the settings in TweakUI.
Expand the Logon category in TweakUI, click on Screen Saver and
adjust the Grace Period according to your personal preferences.

 

[Herbert Eppel]

Hi Bob

Thanks for your reply and for pointing out where to find the relevant
setting.

Surprisingly, the Welcome screen still came back after I had unchecked
the option, but I then checked on my own computer and remembered that I
have set the screen saver to None (although it does, of course, switch
off alright after 20 minutes according to my Power Options settings).

I set the screen saver to None on the other computers, and this seems to
do the trick.

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

 

[Herbert Eppel]

Thanks for your reply, but I'm not quite sure what you mean.

Anyway, I think all is under control - see my reply to Bob.

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk