microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin

"Joe M." wrote in message
news:811522B2-E045-40BB-A816-D941C03354C7@microsoft.com...
> Upon inactivity I would like to activate a password protected
> screensaver.
> However my screensaver settings in the display properties does not
> have a
> password option. I've heard that if your user account has a password
> then the
> screen saver will also, but this isn't the case. When my screen
> saver runs
> there's no password prompt. Can anyone help?


You mean an option to enter the password, or an option to *enable*
password protection when the screen saver activates?There is an "on
resume" option to enable password protection. There is no input field
to specify the password as the same one gets reused that you used to
login to your Windows account. Are you saying that somehow the dialog
window shown at
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_stop_windows_xp_screensaver_asking_for_my_password.html
no longer shows the "on resume" password protect option (even if
grayed out) shown in the red circle in the picture?

Are you using the screen savers included in Windows or from a 3rd
party product?

Do you use auto-logging to automatically log into your Windows account
when you boot the computer?