automatic log off of user after idle time

Is there a way to configure Windows XP so that I am automatically logged off
if I'm not at my computer for 5 or 10 min? I was able to set one comptuer
this way, but I can't set this other computer.
--
Laura, newbie

Galen
Tue Jun 21 07:19:01 CDT 2005

In news:8C257A21-C8EE-4689-A1AE-C8B0D2666B2C@microsoft.com,
Laura <Laura@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Is there a way to configure Windows XP so that I am automatically
> logged off if I'm not at my computer for 5 or 10 min? I was able to
> set one comptuer this way, but I can't set this other computer.

Open the display settings, click on the screen saver tab, enable the screen
saver and tick the box asking for a password on resume. Else, click the
power options button, click on the advanced tab, and have it prompt for
password on resume.

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes

Kishen
Tue Jun 21 09:54:11 CDT 2005

If you have xp, then go to screensaver options and tick the box that says
return to welcome screen after screensaver. Make sure you have a password
for your account.

"Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23fW0qtldFHA.1448@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> In news:8C257A21-C8EE-4689-A1AE-C8B0D2666B2C@microsoft.com,
> Laura <Laura@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> Is there a way to configure Windows XP so that I am automatically
>> logged off if I'm not at my computer for 5 or 10 min? I was able to
>> set one comptuer this way, but I can't set this other computer.
>
> Open the display settings, click on the screen saver tab, enable the
> screen saver and tick the box asking for a password on resume. Else, click
> the power options button, click on the advanced tab, and have it prompt
> for password on resume.
>
> Galen
> --
>
> "And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
> with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
> very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
> made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>

Roger
Wed Jun 22 02:47:16 CDT 2005

. . . and if you really did mean Logoff rather than just lock the
machine, then there is a download of a Logoff screen saver that
installs like and is set up like a screensaver, but when it kicks in
it actually logs the account off.
Warning: this can cause loss of unsaved, open work.

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Security)

"Laura" <Laura@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8C257A21-C8EE-4689-A1AE-C8B0D2666B2C@microsoft.com...
> Is there a way to configure Windows XP so that I am automatically logged
off
> if I'm not at my computer for 5 or 10 min? I was able to set one comptuer
> this way, but I can't set this other computer.
> --
> Laura, newbie