computer locked

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JJNadelhaft_at_earthlink.net
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:53:51 -0700

Recently a message box has begun to appear on my screen.
My screen saver comes on after a few minutes of
inactivity. Then when I hit a key to bring back my
desktop I get a message box saying that "The computer is
in use and has been locked." It asks for my password. I
don't give it; instead I click on OK and the normal
working screen comes back.

I had been using this computer for several months before
this started happening. O, I am using Windows XP Home.

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