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does anybody know of a program that will lock windows or send it back to the windows log in page(with out loging you out/fast user switching), after a give amount of idle time?

btw thats windows XP

This is possibly within Windows itself, I used to have it set up like that. But I can't seem to find the option anywhere now

I found it. You have to set your computer to go into standby after x minutes byt going into:

Control Panel -> Power Options -> System Standby after x Minutes

Then go into the advanced tab and select 'Prompt for password when computer resumes from standby'

That should display the welcome screen when the computer comes out of standby

me eather, i just got this finger print scaner thing, which makes it quicker to log in, to i wnat it to auto lock

I just edited my above post I hope that's what you were after

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Originally posted by lordy16
This is possibly within Windows itself, I used to have it set up like that. But I can't seem to find the option anywhere now

I found it. You have to set your computer to go into standby after x minutes byt going into:

Control Panel -> Power Options -> System Standby after x Minutes

Then go into the advanced tab and select 'Prompt for password when computer resumes from standby'

That should display the welcome screen when the computer comes out of standby

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i don't want it to go to stand by though, just directly to the welcome screen

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Originally posted by Animal
will tell you how to use Fast User Switching

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doesn't really help

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Originally posted by NiteMare
i don't want it to go to stand by though, just directly to the welcome screen

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It doesn't really take long to come out of standby..

There is no feature in Windows to display welcome screen after a period of idle.

Windows can be set to jump to Welcome Screen after a screensaver is exited though.

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Originally posted by lordy16

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Originally posted by NiteMare
i don't want it to go to stand by though, just directly to the welcome screen

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It doesn't really take long to come out of standby..

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The computer isn't any good when it's in standby though, and you're waiting at least five seconds for it to restore.