Re: I can't turn off the password
- From: "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 20:28:26 -0500
Margaret Bartley wrote:
> I'm running WinXP Professional, attached to a network.
>
> I can't turn off the setting that puts my screen into
> password-protect after a fixed period of time. I've gone into the
> Properties | Screen Saver, and unchecked the "On resume, password
> protect". Actually, it never was checked, so I checked it and
> unchecked it. Didn't matter.
> I work in a small, informal office, and have the best machine, and do
> not work here full time. I have to run long processes, and so it's
> common for me to start the process, and leave. Very often, someone
> else will want to come in and use this machine when I'm not here, and
> I don't want them to reboot, because there may be some work I was
> doing. Right now, they have to find the system adminstrator, who
> knows my password, but what if she's not here?
>
> So, the two options I can think of are to set the number of minutes
> before my screen saver comes on to something like 6840, or I can post
> my password on my machine.
>
> I'd like to just turn the password protection off.
What about setting the screensaver to NONE?
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