timed auto-lock

[Guest]

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Until recently, when I walked away from my computer for
awhile (unknown how long exactly- ten to fifteen minutes)
and returned, I would find that it would have locked
itself so that I needed to CTRL+ALT+Delete to log back in.
Suddenly it no longer locks itself and I can't seem to
find the place to turn this security precaution back on. I
am told that it is required in my place of business becase
of goverment privacy rules. I can set up a password
protectged screen saver if I must, but I'd rather just
return to the simple auto-lock that I had before.

Thanks,
Spence

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.security (More info?)

The password protected screen saver is the mechanism that locks your computer after a
period of idle time. You could also use Scheduled Tasks to run a program after a
certain period of inactivity such as pshutdown with the -l switch. --- Steve

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psshutdown.shtml

"spence" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:016601c46b69$8276ac10$7d02280a@phx.gbl...
> Until recently, when I walked away from my computer for
> awhile (unknown how long exactly- ten to fifteen minutes)
> and returned, I would find that it would have locked
> itself so that I needed to CTRL+ALT+Delete to log back in.
> Suddenly it no longer locks itself and I can't seem to
> find the place to turn this security precaution back on. I
> am told that it is required in my place of business becase
> of goverment privacy rules. I can set up a password
> protectged screen saver if I must, but I'd rather just
> return to the simple auto-lock that I had before.
>
> Thanks,
> Spence