Re: windows logon screen

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From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 01/20/05


Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:05:48 -0800

inenewbl wrote:

> Hi all. Originally whenever i boot to windows i need to click my user
> name at logon screen to enter windows even though i did not set any
> password and my "welcome screen" option is checked under user
> accounts. I remove the logon screen using "control userspasswords2"
> command from run. I did it by unchecking "users must enter a user name
> and password to use this computer. However when my pc goes idle for a
> while, my pc would be locked and i need to click on the username
> before i can enter windows. What can i do so that my pc will not get
> lock when idling?

In the Display applet in Control Panel, go to the Screensaver tab.
Uncheck the box that requires a password when the computer resumes from
the screensaver.

Malke

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