notorious#29 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2005 I heard from a friend once, that there was a way to set a password to a Screen Saver. It was something along the lines of, once the Screen Saver starts, you need a password to turn it off, or something like that. Well a bunch of people have been messing with my computer, and I was trying to figure out how to do that. Does anyone know if this is even possible? I am using Windows XP Home if that matters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sherwood21 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2005 Right click, on your desktop. Go to the screen saver tab, go to adjust power settings, go to Advanced, check the box that says prompt for password when resuming from standby. Is that what you mean?BTW, I know nothing about computers but I had to do that to my laptop at school so people dont screw with it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notorious#29 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2005 Right click, on your desktop. Go to the screen saver tab, go to adjust power settings, go to Advanced, check the box that says prompt for password when resuming from standby. Is that what you mean?BTW, I know nothing about computers but I had to do that to my laptop at school so people dont screw with it Thanks Sherwood. Thats what I was looking for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miserable 6 Report post Posted June 24, 2005 That's not the same thing as a screen saver password. If you're using XP, there's a box on the screen saver tab that say On resume, password protect. That's the spot where you set a password for your screen saver.Just and FYI, screen saver passwords really don't do much since all you have to to is cycle the system power and you can log back in as normal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sven 1 Report post Posted June 24, 2005 You could set a password before the booting sequence via BIOS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EBondo 233 Report post Posted June 24, 2005 Just and FYI, screen saver passwords really don't do much since all you have to to is cycle the system power and you can log back in as normal. Some people may not know that...when our computers in school got messed up, our computers teacher didn't even know what an IP address was...Tech Guy-They are'nt working properly because the IP address is missing, You can't get to the internet because of that.Computer Teacher-What's an IP address?My friend and I-You have got to be kidding me....Doesn't help much that shes over 80 years old or something bizarre like that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hunter4oz 0 Report post Posted June 28, 2005 if you have XP, you should have a log in menu that you can set a password for. by login menu, i mean that blue screen with the pictures for the icons. you can set a password on that and you should be set Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
