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Screensaver Password
Name: test Date: January 29, 2006 at 18:03:24 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: N/A
Comment:
For the life of me, I can't figure out how to get a password on my screensaver in Windows XP Home edition.
There is no option on the window to set one. I read a guide somewhere that suggested setting a password for my user account. I set one, and it still does not ask for a password once the mouse is moved after the screen saver comes on.
Could someone help me with this simple but annoying issue?
Name: terii Date: January 29, 2006 at 18:12:58 Pacific
Reply:
Click Start>Help and Support. Type "screen saver password" in the search box.
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Response Number 2
Name: test Date: January 29, 2006 at 19:41:41 Pacific
Reply:
That's the same procedure I already tried. I set a password for my user account and rebooted, but the screen saver does not ask for one.
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Response Number 3
Name: Chuck 2 Date: January 30, 2006 at 06:28:08 Pacific
Reply:
The ScreenSaver password only works after the set WAIT TIME times out, and a few seconds longer than that time. I have seem somewhere that the Registry has a setting in it to add a few seconds onto the WAIT TIME.
If you activate ScreenSaver in any mannor before the timer times out, plus the seconds, then the password thing does not work.
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