Logon screen

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From: Melanie Lenard (mlenard_at_crystaldecisionsystems.com)
Date: 11/09/04 

Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:48:36 -0500

I am running WinXP SP1. It used to be that, if I left the system
unattended, it would revert to the logon screen (the one that invites you
"To begin, click your user name.") At this point, any user with a password
could log on to their account. All fine with me.

Then one day things changed. Now when I leave the system unattended, it
just reverts to the screen saver and anyone can just jiggle the mouse and be
logged in to my account. I tried going to Control Panel>Display>Screen Saver
and checking the box "On resume, password protect". That works, but seems to
use a different mechanism--the computer is locked and only the last user or
an administrator can unlock it.

How can I get things back to the way they were?

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