Re: The screen saver "pasword protect" won't re-open to the welcome screen.

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/09/04


Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 21:18:01 -0500

Not that comes to mind at this point. You haven't by chance installed a program called Autopatcher XP, have you?

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"Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CA8DEA8F-C9C4-4E8A-90C2-627A40A9C636@microsoft.com...
> Doug,
> 
> Both values were already set to 1. Anything else I can try?  Thanks, Tom
>      
>      ----- Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote: -----
>      
>      Tom,
>      
>      Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT  Go to:
>      
>      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>      
>      Look in the right pane for the values called AllowMultipleTSSessions and LogonType.  Both of these values should be set to 1.  If not, double click the value that needs to be changed and set it to 1.  
>      
>      -- 
>      Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
>      Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>      http://www.dougknox.com
>      --------------------------------
>      Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
>      http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
>      --------------------------------
>      Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>      Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>       
>      "Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D160F645-4817-468B-AC16-1938ADB56A66@microsoft.com...
>      > Doug,
>      >> Both the "use the welcome screen" and "use fast user switching" boxes are checked. Tom
>      >>      ----- Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote: -----
>      >>      Go to Control Panel, User Accounts, Change the way users log on and log off.  Make sure that Fast User Switching is enabled.
>      >>      -- 
>      >      Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
>      >      Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>      >      http://www.dougknox.com
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>      >      Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
>      >      http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
>      >      --------------------------------
>      >      Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>      >      Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>      >>      "Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:841645F7-547C-4C77-95AF-1DB2FD692BBC@microsoft.com...
>      >> I have my screen saver set to "on resume, password protect". Prior to a week ago the computer would re-activate to the welcome screen so that my unprotected guest account was accessible. Without me making any changes (maybe an automatic security update?) the computer now re-activates to a locked screen that requires my password. 
>      >>> How can I have the -screen saver-password protection- resume to the welcome screen so that others can use the guest account ?
>      >>> Thanks.
>      >>>


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