lock screen

I just upgraded to W8, from W7. so far so good. The only issue so far is that when I reach the Lock Screen (date, Wi-Fi, etc), I click enter, its says "please wait", then goes back to the Lock Screen. I enter, once again, "please wait" and back to Lock screen. the third time I click enter...

when my system starts up it always opens my personal file.. How do I stop it happening ? Also when I put my desktop PC to sleep I tweaked it so when I wake it up I don't have to use password.. however when pc goes to sleep automatically when I wake it up it says it is locked and asking me for...

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I bought a new notebook running windows 7 64 bit a couple of months ago After running a full system scan with Kaspersky anti-virus a couple of days ago I now have a bug with sleep mode - After going into sleep mode, the user with my picture icon is locked meaning that I can't enter my password...

I am using Windows 7 and would like to know how I can set the PC to lock when not in use after say 10 minutes

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Hi Where do we specify time after which PC gets locked autotomatically

Hi all, I have a brand new laptop with windows 7 in 32 bits. This is a corporate laptop, so I have 2 other collegues with equal laptops (and equal operating systems) who don't have my problem. Here's the steps I'm taking: 1- When I'm working, sometimes I want to go somewhere, so I press Ctrl...

My window 7 have some problem, when i put my window 7 to hibernate it became screen lock. Note: I really press Hibernate, no lock. Can someone help me to solve this problem.... Thx for the help....

I am configuring a computer that will be hooked into a video conference system and needs to be on all the time. This pc has a special local user account, so we dont want anyone logging out, or switching user. we also don't want the computer to be locked, hibernate, sleep, or shutdown. I switched...

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Hi all I've installed Windows7 and it seemd OK but I'm faceing a problem. after leaving the computer for awhile, when I try to use it again, I'm getting a screen with my user account on it (the only account, there are no other users)and below that the word "LOCKED" and it is really locked. the...

ננעל win7 שלום כולם. מצטער על האופן בו הועלתה ההודעה קודם. לא הייתי מודע לבעיה. התקנתי חלונות 7 והכל נראה בסדר מלבד בעיה מאד מציקה. כאשר אני משאיר את המחשב ללא פעילות, כעבור זמן מה אני מקבל מסך שחור וזה בסדר , אלא מה, כאשר אני מזיז את העכבר כדי להשתמש שוב במחשב אני מקבל מסך ועליו שם המשתמש...

I tried different methods, one including shutting off explorer.exe and launching LogonUI.exe, but it doesnt work, logonui.exe doesn't launch at all.And even if i take a screenshot, win7 empties the prntscreen cache everytime someone logs in/off, so im stuffed.Any software/recommendation on this one?

I have tried EVERY possible option I can think of, so if anyone has any ideas, please... If I don't move my mouse, or type anything for 1 minute, Windows 7 automatically brigs me to the log-in screen / change user screen (locks the pc). I have set all the power settings for sleep, hibernate...

I am running the RTM build of Windows 7 and cannot figure out how I can choose the desktop background when I Lock the computer. I have my own custom theme, and several otehr personalizations but can't find where to do this... Any ideas?

Sometimes when I hit ctrl alt delete to lock my computer the screens go black and when I hit escape, my desktop comes back but the monitors and resolution get all messed up. My primary monitor and secondary monitor will switch places, but the taskbar will remain on the same monitor. Monitor 1...

Yes! I've run into this problem before but never can remember how to overcome it. When this laptop comes out of sleep, instead of going right to Windows Vista, the screen instead comes up with my name and *locked* underneat my name. I have to click on the name before I can enter Windows...