Check your screensaver settings, since one of the events that can be
configured to "lock" the system is the screensaver activating.
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"JackR1984" <JackR1984@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Hi everyone,
> I've had my HP Laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium installed on it
> since
> February, and only in the last two days has this problem started
> occurring.
> Whenever my computer is inactive for 10 or 15 minutes it automatically
> "Locks," requiring me to enter my password to unlock it again. This is a
> pain when doing things like watching movies or listening to music on my
> computer, because I have to keep moving my mouse in order to keep it from
> locking mid-video. I just want to be clear that it is not logging off,
> going
> to sleep, hibernating, shutting down, or restarting, but rather doing the
> same thing that occurs when I click "Lock" on the start menu. It has
> never
> done this before, I have current anti-virus software, and to the best of
> my
> knowledge I have not installed any new software or changed the power
> settings
> recently. I am the only user and the administrator of my laptop, and
> would
> like to turn this feature off without disabling things like requiring a
> password when turning on the computer or the lock feature itself should I
> actually choose to voluntarily use it. Thank you for any help you can
> give.