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XP Automatically Logs Off
Name: wayne russell Date: August 14, 2003 at 18:29:38 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: AMD-K6-2/128 MB
Comment:
Dear Group:
I downloaded MS updates and Norton updates last night and now I notice my computer will log off automatically.
Name: Matt Date: August 14, 2003 at 19:05:31 Pacific
Reply:
Does this happen after the screen turns itself off automatically or after the screen saver has been running?
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Response Number 2
Name: wayne russell Date: August 14, 2003 at 19:33:52 Pacific
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Dear Matt:
It seems to happen after the screen turns itself off.
What do you think?
Thanks.
wayne
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Response Number 3
Name: RussJB Date: August 15, 2003 at 02:00:57 Pacific
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Hi :-)
I am having the sma eproblem i think? One one XP machine i have, when you log in you get the wallpaper then it goes back to the logon screen after about a minute ish. On a nother i get a 40 second countdown after login, and it goes back to the logon screen again.
Could it have any relation to the blaster virus?
In repsonse to you original post, XP does automatically log off after the screen saver kick in i.e. if the machine is idle for a certain amount of time.
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Response Number 4
Name: wayne russell Date: August 15, 2003 at 18:11:49 Pacific
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Dear RussJB:
But my XP did NOT automatically log off before I installed the MS updates.
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