Does this therefore mean that you can not use the screensaver function at
all? I also have just recently began experiencing the same problem after
applying the screensaver, and the the icon with swirl "locking computer"
appearing.
"Richard G. Harper" wrote:
Quote:
> 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
> news:848ED160-5CF0-4715-ACA9-B342631994A6@xxxxxx 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.
>
>