Re: How Do I Time Out to Welcome Screen?

hoochiegooch@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> I have a couple of XP users in the household, and I want the
> unattended PC that has been left open to someone's account
> to return to the welcome screen after a few minutes and
> require all to log in again.
> I seem to remember a "On resume, return to desktop" or
> something
> like that in the Desktop settings' Screen Saver area, but I
> just have "On resume, password protect", which isn't what I
> want.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> beachnut

Go to Control Panel and double click on Power Options.
Click on the Advanced tab.
Put a check mark in the box next to "Prompt for password when
computer resumes from standby".
Click on the Power Schemes tab.
Make sure you've set the computer to go into standby after a
reasonable amount of time.
Click OK.
Now when the computer is left idle for a certain amount of
time, the Welcome Screen will be displayed when the computer
comes out of standby.

While this approach overcomes the limitations imposed through
using the password proteced Screen Saver (the computer is
locked), it does have other issues that have to be kept in
mind. First off, it's really not effective unless all users
have passwords. Next issue, if a second user logs on, decides
to turn the computer off, and ignores the warning about another
user being logged on, any applications that the first user left
running would be closed without saving open files.

Good luck

Nepatsfan



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