to Sharon F about screensaver

On Mon, 31 May 2004 19:41:27 -0700, anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com
wrote:

> that wasn't really what i wanted; the option it gave me
> was "On resume, display Welcome screen"...

The wording here varies. On my machine it says "on resume, require
password." However, the results are the same - a welcome screen appears
after ending the screensaver.

> correct, i don't want that. but i still want it to prompt
> me for a password, but not to go to the welcome screen; a
> password prompt dialog box came up befpre; i had it setup
> that way before, before i hit some button to change it....

Try pressing Windows key + L. This will lock the workstation. Perhaps this
is what you're after?

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User