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re: Auto session timeout
Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 7:32 am
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Posted by Ricer46 (22820 messages posted)


Right click on your Desktop, click on Properties, Select the Screen Saver tab.
Make sure the Screen Saver is not enabled (click on Settings and select None)
Click on the Power button and make sure all is disabled.
OR change the times to values that are more acceptable to you.






On Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 6:54 am, Kent wrote:
>Hi -
>I am not sure what to call this feature in XP, but it is very annoying. When I am
>not active on my login session, for example to step away for lunch, XP stores my
>desktop session away and displays the multi-user login screen - you know, the list
>of icons where you have to choose which user's desktop to access.
>

>This is very annoying because when I click on my user icon to re-load my desktop,
>it actually first pops to my screensaver. Then I move the mouse, and XP futzes around
>for a minute and goes back to the multi-user login screen again!! Then I click on
>my user icon again, and finally get back to my desktop!!
>

>Very annoying. Does anyone know how to turn off this session timeout feature in
>XP? I want to be able to go away, say overnight even, and come back to just my screensaver,
>NOT the login screen.
>

>TweakUI does not offer a solution for this AFAICS. I'm afraid the only solution is
>to disable multiple logins.. :~(
Any hints out there?
>

>Thanks -



Written in response to:
Auto session timeout (Kent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 6:54 am)

Responses to this message:
*re: Auto session timeout (Kent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 9:45 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Auto session timeout (Kent: Thu, Sep 17, 2009, 6:54 am)
-re: Auto session timeout (Ricer46: Thu, Sep 17, 2009, 7:32 am)
-re: Auto session timeout (Kent: Thu, Sep 17, 2009, 9:45 am)
-re: Auto session timeout (Ricer46: Thu, Sep 17, 2009, 10:22 am)
-re: Auto session timeout (Kent: Thu, Sep 17, 2009, 10:55 am)
*re: Auto session timeout (Ricer46: Thu, Sep 17, 2009, 12:12 pm)
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