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"Joe M." wrote in message
news:F261A3CD-1BDE-4C14-A366-61E18E4FE713@microsoft.com...
>
> "VanguardLH" wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>> ...
>> 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?
>
> Sorry if I was not clear. What I see in the screen saver settings
> is:
> - Wait (to set the minutes)
> - Check box for "on resume display welcome screen"
> That's all there is. If I leave the "on resume" unchecked the screen
> saver
> will appear after the wait time but there is no password prompt when
> the
> screen saver is activated. Pressing any key stops the screen saver
> and

Specify a non-blank password for the account under which you login
into Windows.

Well, why aren't you checking the "on resume" option? You say that
you leave it unchecked. That means you don't want any password
protection (by returning to the Welcome Screen).