Re: I can't turn off the password

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Hi Margaret,

Control Panel/Display/Screensaver tab, uncheck "on resume, password protect"
(like you already have).
Control Panel/Power Options/Advanced tab, uncheck ""prompt for password when
computer resumes from standby".

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Margaret Bartley" <margaretDOTbartley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uGnqkmOhFHA.1948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Margaret
>


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