02-25-2008, 05:53 PM
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 | Desi Club Badshah | | |
  Re: ~ A Tip A Day ~
25 February 2008:
Un-Secure Your Screensaver Every time my screensaver comes on, I have to type my password to make it go away. Is this necessary?
Other than being a sure-fire way to force you to remember your own password, it's not really useful unless you work in a public environment. The idea is that if you walk away from your desk, an intruder can't poke around your system without knowing your password. If you feel that the likelihood of this happening is small, change this setting by right-clicking an empty area of your desktop, selecting Properties, and choosing the Screen Saver tab. Uncheck the "On resume, password protect" box, and click OK.
There's a second option that does pretty much the same thing when your computer hibernates or goes to sleep. If you don't want Windows to send you back to the Welcome screen each time you "wake up" your PC, open the Power Options control panel (or click the Power button in Display
Properties), choose the Advanced tab, and uncheck the "Prompt for password when computer resumes from standby" checkbox. Click OK, and you're done. |