microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin

"Joe M." wrote in message
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>- This is a home pc so there is no domain.
> - My account is the administrator.
> - The "wait" and "on resume" are visible regardless if a screensaver
> i
> sselected or not.

Now you say that you CAN see the "on resume" (password) option in the
dialog used to select the screensaver. Before you said that option
was not present at all in that dialog. I specifically gave a URL to a
picture of that dialog that had the "on resume" option circled in red
and asked if that is what was NOT appearing in the dialog, and you
said it was not there. Disabled is NOT the same as hidden or missing.

> - The wait for _minutes is visible. The only option to chose is
> "return to
> Welcome screen".

Oh, maybe you left Windows configured with the Fisher-Price interface
which includes the Welcome Screen. That is the FIRST junk I get rid
of after installing Windows XP.

> - If I select a screensaver then it will appear after the wait time
> specified. However there is no password prompt it just returns to
> the
> desktop.

Did you ever specify a non-blank password for your account? The
default password is blank. YOU have to specify a non-blank password
if you want to use one. If you don't have a password for the
Administrator account then how could Windows ever require one when
resuming from screensaver mode?