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XP jumps back to sign on screen
Name: vwchappy Date: February 11, 2007 at 19:07:04 Pacific OS: XP Home CPU/Ram: P4 2.53ghz / 512mb Product: HP
Comment:
I know I am asking a dumb question, and I know once I find out the answer I'll kick myself in the butt and say "oh yea!" but I'm drawing a blank:
How come after a few minutes of inactivity, the computer jumps back to my XP sign on screen?? how do I prevent it from doing this?? I am the administrator, and the only user on this machine. I have all my power saving profiles OFF. I just want the computer to stay on my desktop forever - or to my screen saver if i enable one. thanks!!
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