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Old 06-16-2007   #1 (permalink)
CSUjr
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User account locking automatically

When I am idle for about 10 minutes, my desktop disappears and another screen
appears saying that my user account is locked.

I am not using a screensaver and I have set my power settings to 'Never'.

I made these settings about 3 weeks ago and, until today, I have not had
this happen before.

The only change that I made between then and now is that I installed some
software yesterday.

Because of this, I am considering uninstalling that software.

However, I am not sure what to do next.

Also, if this is occuring because of a setting that I can change, I would
prefer to just make that setting change rather than uninstalling the software.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

With appreciation,
Charles
Old 06-16-2007   #2 (permalink)
Jane C
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Re: User account locking automatically

What was the software that you installed? Does it run on demand or run
constantly in the background? Did it change your preferred screensaver
and/or power options settings at all?

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"CSUjr" <CSUjr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:836C52BE-6271-4704-8BD0-05CC0CE2522B@microsoft.com...
> When I am idle for about 10 minutes, my desktop disappears and another
> screen
> appears saying that my user account is locked.
>
> I am not using a screensaver and I have set my power settings to 'Never'.
>
> I made these settings about 3 weeks ago and, until today, I have not had
> this happen before.
>
> The only change that I made between then and now is that I installed some
> software yesterday.
>
> Because of this, I am considering uninstalling that software.
>
> However, I am not sure what to do next.
>
> Also, if this is occuring because of a setting that I can change, I would
> prefer to just make that setting change rather than uninstalling the
> software.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> With appreciation,
> Charles


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