Re: "Windows XP" Screen Saver Options Confusion/Inconsistency

At this point, the only workaround I can see is the following:

1. Disable the Guest account.

2. Create a limited user "Visitor" which will be the *new* Guest account.

I think this would serve my purpose in that I could use the XP screen saver
and have it go to Welcome screen where a "guest" could use the computer
while I'm not there and my account would be password protected by the
Welcome screen if I need to return to my logged-in account. I'm sure the
security of a limited user is poorer than the Guest account, but it should
be OK (I guess).


"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
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> Sid Joyner <sid_joyner@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Tue, 6 Sep 2005:
>
>>Well fellas, we have located the issue.
>>
>>Just for the record, on the password protect machine, when I go to the
>>Computer Management Administrator plug-in and check for all defined XP
>>users
>>under Local Users and Groups, I have the following:
>>
>>Administrator
>>ASPNET
>>Guest
>
> I don't think any of these "count" -- Guest and Administrator are built-
> in accounts and ASPNet is normally hidden.
>
>>HelpAssistant (not activated)
>
>>IUS_XXX
>>IWAM_XXX (these 2 users are associated with the IIS FTP server where XXX
>>is
>>the machine name)
>
> So they're not ordinary "local users".
>
>>Sid (my normal user account with CA privilege)
>>SUPPORT_38888 (a Microsoft account not activated)
>>
>>So there are other "hidden" users other than my user account and Guest.
>
> But none of them are "normal users" except you. . .
>
>>HOWEVER....
>>
>>When I created another user account "Test" as a limited user, it DID
>>change
>>to "use Welcome Screen" from "password protect". So I would say based on
>>this that it requires more than one user other than Guest to activate the
>>Welcome Screen on resume with the XP screen saver.
>
> That's what I've found in experimenting.
>
>>Which sucks. I don't want to create a fake user just to get this
>>functionality. But I don't think I have any other choice unless you guys
>>have some ideas.
>
> I agree :-( It would be going a bit far to create a new user just for
> this, and with attendant security considerations. I've played around a
> bit with some Registry tweaks but haven't so far found anything that
> works. I'm afraid this is where I have to leave you to those who
> understand the inner workings of XP a bit better than I do. . .
>
>>Thanks once again for your great help and preserverence on this issue.
>
> You're welcome, Sid. Wish I could help more.
>
> --
> Nightowl


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