I have hibernation turned off, but I do use standby. Normally the welcome
screen reappears immediately and the flashing cursor is in position. It is
only occasionally that I cannot enter my password or get the cursor into the
logon box.
You say "If the laptop is allowed to sleep, I too have to restart to get
back in." I do not have a laptop, but I am wondering whether if the Guest
User allows the computer to go into standby (without logging off), it might
be a "default" Windows behavior to require the Guest User to log back on.
I have tried the shift key, but not the space bar or CtrlAltDel. Thanks for
the input.
"Spamlet" <spam.morespam@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> "JD" <erehwon@example.com> wrote in message
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>>I boot the the logon screen, with Owner and Guest User. Every now and
>>then, when logged off and awakening from Standby, I cannot get the
>>flashing cursor in the Owner logon box. The only remedy is to reboot. I
>>wonder why this happens and whether there is some keystroke combination I
>>can use to allow me to enter my logon password.
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> You might find the cursor moves with the shift key and registers in the
> box with the space bar; if not you might try ctrl alt del twice (my
> account is hidden and that is how I sign in, but it only works once, so if
> the laptop is allowed to sleep I too have to restart to get back in: my
> solution is to turn off hibernation/sleep)
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> S
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