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Hidden log on problem

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spamlet

Flightless Bird
On our XP Home laptop I have 2 users on the welcome screen, while my admin
account uses (ctrl alt del) x2.

All is fine until it goes into standby when I am in admin. Then on wake up
the welcome screen comes back, but (ctrl alt del) x2 does nothing. I can't
see a way to get back into my account without rebooting. Is there another
way (opening one of the other accounts is as slow as rebooting)?

Cheers,

S
 
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flamer die.spam@hotmail.com

Flightless Bird
On Mar 30, 9:26 am, "spamlet" <spam.mores...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On our XP Home laptop I have 2 users on the welcome screen, while my admin
> account uses (ctrl alt del) x2.
>
> All is fine until it goes into standby when I am in admin.  Then on wake up
> the welcome screen comes back, but (ctrl alt del) x2 does nothing.  I can't
> see a way to get back into my account without rebooting.  Is there another
> way (opening one of the other accounts is as slow as rebooting)?
>
> Cheers,
>
> S


Probably the only way is to disable the standby mode and make it lock
the desktop after a certain period of time (meaning you will have to
re-enter the admin password to get back to your desktop).

I had a similar issue where if I clicked on one account name, then
click on another my cursor would never show up so I couldn't type the
password in and had to use the ctrl+alt+delx2 to login.


Flamer.
 
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spamlet

Flightless Bird
<die.spam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:7bd4d793-5370-4fed-9807-1dc21fa34b67@10g2000yqq.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 30, 9:26 am, "spamlet" <spam.mores...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On our XP Home laptop I have 2 users on the welcome screen, while my admin
> account uses (ctrl alt del) x2.
>
> All is fine until it goes into standby when I am in admin. Then on wake up
> the welcome screen comes back, but (ctrl alt del) x2 does nothing. I can't
> see a way to get back into my account without rebooting. Is there another
> way (opening one of the other accounts is as slow as rebooting)?
>
> Cheers,
>
> S


Probably the only way is to disable the standby mode and make it lock
the desktop after a certain period of time (meaning you will have to
re-enter the admin password to get back to your desktop).

I had a similar issue where if I clicked on one account name, then
click on another my cursor would never show up so I couldn't type the
password in and had to use the ctrl+alt+delx2 to login.


Flamer.

Thanks,
Have disabled standby, but how do I make it lock the desktop?

Cheers,
S
 
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flamer die.spam@hotmail.com

Flightless Bird
On Mar 31, 12:23 am, "spamlet" <spam.mores...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> <die.s...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:7bd4d793-5370-4fed-9807-1dc21fa34b67@10g2000yqq.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 30, 9:26 am, "spamlet" <spam.mores...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
> > On our XP Home laptop I have 2 users on the welcome screen, while my admin
> > account uses (ctrl alt del) x2.

>
> > All is fine until it goes into standby when I am in admin. Then on wakeup
> > the welcome screen comes back, but (ctrl alt del) x2 does nothing. I can't
> > see a way to get back into my account without rebooting. Is there another
> > way (opening one of the other accounts is as slow as rebooting)?

>
> > Cheers,

>
> > S

>
> Probably the only way is to disable the standby mode and make it lock
> the desktop after a certain period of time (meaning you will have to
> re-enter the admin password to get back to your desktop).
>
> I had a similar issue where if I clicked on one account name, then
> click on another my cursor would never show up so I couldn't type the
> password in and had to use the ctrl+alt+delx2 to login.
>
> Flamer.
>
> Thanks,
> Have disabled standby, but how do I make it lock the desktop?
>
> Cheers,
> S


control panel, display options, screen saver, tick on resume password
protect
 
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spamlet

Flightless Bird
<die.spam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:c31e9fe6-fe66-42a5-9182-3a0c11f3b061@s20g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 31, 12:23 am, "spamlet" <spam.mores...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> <die.s...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:7bd4d793-5370-4fed-9807-1dc21fa34b67@10g2000yqq.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 30, 9:26 am, "spamlet" <spam.mores...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
> > On our XP Home laptop I have 2 users on the welcome screen, while my
> > admin
> > account uses (ctrl alt del) x2.

>
> > All is fine until it goes into standby when I am in admin. Then on wake
> > up
> > the welcome screen comes back, but (ctrl alt del) x2 does nothing. I
> > can't
> > see a way to get back into my account without rebooting. Is there
> > another
> > way (opening one of the other accounts is as slow as rebooting)?

>
> > Cheers,

>
> > S

>
> Probably the only way is to disable the standby mode and make it lock
> the desktop after a certain period of time (meaning you will have to
> re-enter the admin password to get back to your desktop).
>
> I had a similar issue where if I clicked on one account name, then
> click on another my cursor would never show up so I couldn't type the
> password in and had to use the ctrl+alt+delx2 to login.
>
> Flamer.
>
> Thanks,
> Have disabled standby, but how do I make it lock the desktop?
>
> Cheers,
> S


control panel, display options, screen saver, tick on resume password
protect

Thanks for the help.

S
 
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