Re: How to get into the status of screen saving manually and makeit pw-protected?

#1 01-05-2006, 02:24 AM

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smith wrote:

> I know. Thank you.
> But could you please tell me how to achieve this goal? ( to make the system
> get into the status password-protected)
> Can't I command the OS for any type of screen saver as I wish?
>
> "Vanguard" <vanguard.code@comcastNIX.net>
> ??????:uAyauqEDGHA.3064@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>
>>"smith" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>news:OjJRUbEDGHA.312@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
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>>>My screen saver is configured as password-protected when the display
>>>becomes reactivated. Then I typed "%systemroot%\system32\logon.scr" in
>>>the command line and got into the status of screen saving.The problem was
>>>that I found that the status was not password-protected. How can I get
>>>into the screen saver that I choose and how to make it
>>>password-protected?
>>
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>>It is password protected after the expiration of the time interval set.
>>If you call it manually then the timer did not expire yet. The timer
>>setting and password option are settings under which the OS handles the
>>load of the screen saver but those are not options of the screen saver
>>itself. You configure the screen saver *options* AND you also specify
>>which file to paint the screen. YOU loading the .scr file is not the same
>>as the OS loading it along with those configured options.
>>
>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/228160/en-us
>>
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