XP logon screen on return from sleep mode

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Hi Evansx,

Go to Control Panel - Power Options - Advanced tab and uncheck "Prompt
for password when computer resumes from standby".

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Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

evansx wrote:
> i am running WinXP home. when i leave my PC unattended
> for a while, it goes into sleep mode. when i wiggle the
> mouse to wake it up, it displays the logon screen (which
> indicates to me that windows has logged me out) rather
> than retruning me to the applications i left running. i
> use Yahoo! Messenger and this undesired logout also logs
> me out of YIM. is there a way to stop this from
> happening? i would be happy to never see the logon
> screen again.