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| | Administrator Locked?? Help! I had to reinstall mt Vista 32 Ultimate (motherboard) now when I bring it out of sleep mode i have a page with my name and Locked under it..also a button to switch user. I did not have this before. How can I get rid of the page and what does Locked mean? please advise |
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| | Re: Administrator Locked?? Help! Gordon wrote: Quote: > I had to reinstall mt Vista 32 Ultimate (motherboard) now when I bring it out > of sleep mode i have a page with my name and Locked under it..also a button > to switch user. I did not have this before. How can I get rid of the page and > what does Locked mean? please advise that requires a password when resuming from sleep mode. There is a second place where you'll find a similar checkbox and that's under the Screensavers tab (Personalize). Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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| | Re: Administrator Locked?? Help! That's what is weird. I don't have a password so the there is no option to uncheck!. in the screen saver area the box is unchecked? thanks for the post! "Malke" wrote: Quote: > Gordon wrote: Quote: > > I had to reinstall mt Vista 32 Ultimate (motherboard) now when I bring it out > > of sleep mode i have a page with my name and Locked under it..also a button > > to switch user. I did not have this before. How can I get rid of the page and > > what does Locked mean? please advise > Go to the Power Management applet in Control Panel and uncheck the box > that requires a password when resuming from sleep mode. There is a > second place where you'll find a similar checkbox and that's under the > Screensavers tab (Personalize). > > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User > |
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| | Re: Administrator Locked?? Help! Gordon wrote: Quote: > That's what is weird. I don't have a password so the there is no option to > uncheck!. in the screen saver area the box is unchecked? thanks for the post! Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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| | Re: Administrator Locked?? Help! power management has the box in grey, unable to select! "Malke" wrote: Quote: > Gordon wrote: Quote: > > That's what is weird. I don't have a password so the there is no option to > > uncheck!. in the screen saver area the box is unchecked? thanks for the post! > And in Power Management? > > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User > |
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| | Re: Administrator Locked?? Help! Malke, I did a system restore. I was then able to make the change in power management!! Thank you! Do I need to wrry about the locked radio button that was under my log on? "Malke" wrote: Quote: > Gordon wrote: Quote: > > That's what is weird. I don't have a password so the there is no option to > > uncheck!. in the screen saver area the box is unchecked? thanks for the post! > And in Power Management? > > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User > |
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| | Re: Administrator Locked?? Help! Gordon wrote: Quote: > Malke, I did a system restore. I was then able to make the change in power > management!! Thank you! Do I need to wrry about the locked radio button that > was under my log on? can't answer your last question. If everything is working and you know the computer is completely virus/malware-free, I'd just Move On. Thanks for taking the time to post back. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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