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  Jul 2 2008, 11:18 AM
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New Member  Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 12-April 08 From: Herts Member No.: 202,514  |
I recently added a second user account (my son) and added passwords to both mine and his accounts. Now, after a period of about 2 or 3 minutes of no keyboard or mouse activity the system logs off by itself (the programs keep running in the background), and its really frustrating having to keep putting in the password. How can I change the length of time before it logs off automatically? 16hollywood |
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Jul 2 2008, 11:37 AM
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arachibutyrophobia Group: BC Advisor Posts: 4,187 Joined: 4-March 05 From: Northern CA. Member No.: 13,532 |
Hi 16hollywood, and welcome to BleepingComputer.
If you go to the Control panel and open Power Options, how much time does it show before the monitor shuts down? If it is set to two or three minutes increase the time to a more realistic amount for yourselves. If you click on the Hibernate tap at the top, you can uncheck the enable Hibernation, this may solve the problem. This post has been edited by dc3: Jul 2 2008, 11:38 AM -------------------- May we please have a little chlorine in the gene pool?
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Jul 2 2008, 12:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 511 Joined: 9-November 07 From: England Member No.: 168,496 |
If you are on Xp try right clicking on your:
Desktop -> Properties -> Screen Saver -> Increase 'Wait' period to your preference and Uncheck "On resume, display Welcome Screen" For Vista: Desktop -> Personalize -> Screen Saver -> Increase 'Wait' time... and Untick 'On resume, display logon screen' |
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Jul 12 2008, 03:30 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 12-April 08 From: Herts Member No.: 202,514 |
thanks Juha - unticking "on resume" as you suggested worked a treat. Ta!
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Jul 12 2008, 08:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 511 Joined: 9-November 07 From: England Member No.: 168,496 |
Glad to help.
Happy computing 
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