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re: Auto session timeout Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 7:32 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 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 - [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Auto session timeout Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 9:45 am Posted by Kent (3 messages posted) Thanks, but that didn't help. I guess by Power button you mean the Power Options on the Control Panel? I switched to Always On, set all the options to Never, and changed the Advanced to not login after being in Standby. No difference. Admittedly I did leave my screensaver enabled because that is the one thing I want to happen after X minutes of inactivity. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Auto session timeout Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 10:22 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) " I guess by Power button you mean the Power Options on the Control Panel?" Actually no, but the results are the same. And you have the check box for password on resume unchecked? On Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 9:45 am, Kent wrote: >Thanks, but that didn't help. I guess by Power button you mean the Power Options >on the Control Panel? I switched to Always On, set all the options to Never, and >changed the Advanced to not login after being in Standby. No difference. > >Admittedly I did leave my screensaver enabled because that is the one thing I want >to happen after X minutes of inactivity. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Auto session timeout Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 10:55 am Posted by Kent (3 messages posted) Yessir. But, AFAIK my machine is not actually entering Standby mode, if we can read that setting literally. It simply flips out to the login page. Note that I've never used passwords on my user accounts either, make that setting even a little more disconnected with the event. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Auto session timeout Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 12:12 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) It doesn't need to enter the Standby mode to go to the login page. You only need to have that check box marked. What you are describing is not normal. On Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 10:55 am, Kent wrote: >Yessir. But, AFAIK my machine is not actually entering Standby mode, if we can read >that setting literally. It simply flips out to the login page. > >Note that I've never used passwords on my user accounts either, make that setting >even a little more disconnected with the event. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum