Adjusting Vista's Lock settings

I, as I assume many others, am extremely frustrated with my computer
locking after a very short period of sitting idle. I have looked
everywhere for a place to adjust the amount of time i have before
windows locks. Does anyone know how to do this? I'm running Ultimate.

Hi,
Change your Screensaver settings.
Right-click the desktop> Personalize> Screensaver. Change the time before
the screensaver comes on and/or uncheck "On resume, display logon screen."

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]


"wolverinegod" <> wrote in message
news:333ec73e-8937-4b48-8671-...
> I, as I assume many others, am extremely frustrated with my computer
> locking after a very short period of sitting idle. I have looked
> everywhere for a place to adjust the amount of time i have before
> windows locks. Does anyone know how to do this? I'm running Ultimate.

On Feb 20, 5:15 am, "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote:
> Hi,
> Change your Screensaver settings.
> Right-click the desktop> Personalize> Screensaver. Change the time before
> the screensaver comes on and/or uncheck "On resume, display logon screen."
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "wolverinegod" <wolverine...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:333ec73e-8937-4b48-8671-...
>
> > I, as I assume many others, am extremely frustrated with my computer
> > locking after a very short period of sitting idle. I have looked
> > everywhere for a place to adjust the amount of time i have before
> > windows locks. Does anyone know how to do this? I'm running Ultimate.

My screen saver runs fine, the problem is the computer will lock
eventually - i don't want to disable it, just adjust how long until it
locks.

wolverinegod wrote:
> On Feb 20, 5:15 am, "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Change your Screensaver settings.
>> Right-click the desktop> Personalize> Screensaver. Change the time before
>> the screensaver comes on and/or uncheck "On resume, display logon screen."
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Don
>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>
>> "wolverinegod" <wolverine...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:333ec73e-8937-4b48-8671-...
>>
>>> I, as I assume many others, am extremely frustrated with my computer
>>> locking after a very short period of sitting idle. I have looked
>>> everywhere for a place to adjust the amount of time i have before
>>> windows locks. Does anyone know how to do this? I'm running Ultimate.
>
> My screen saver runs fine, the problem is the computer will lock
> eventually - i don't want to disable it, just adjust how long until it
> locks.


Reread the answer you've already been given: Adjust the time.

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On Feb 20, 8:48 pm, Bruce Chambers <bchamb...@cable0ne.n3t> wrote:
> wolverinegod wrote:
> > On Feb 20, 5:15 am, "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> Change your Screensaver settings.
> >> Right-click the desktop> Personalize> Screensaver. Change the time before
> >> the screensaver comes on and/or uncheck "On resume, display logon screen."
>
> >> Hope this helps,
> >> Don
> >> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> >> "wolverinegod" <wolverine...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:333ec73e-8937-4b48-8671-...
>
> >>> I, as I assume many others, am extremely frustrated with my computer
> >>> locking after a very short period of sitting idle. I have looked
> >>> everywhere for a place to adjust the amount of time i have before
> >>> windows locks. Does anyone know how to do this? I'm running Ultimate.
>
> > My screen saver runs fine, the problem is the computer will lock
> > eventually - i don't want to disable it, just adjust how long until it
> > locks.
>
> Reread the answer you've already been given: Adjust the time.
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375
>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell
>
> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
> killed a great many philosophers.
> ~ Denis Diderot

I appreciate the answer - but that's not what i'm talking about. I
would like to adjust the amount of time before the computer locks -
NOT how long until my screen saver kicks in. Let's say i have my
screen saver set to 10 minutes - but i don't want my computer to lock
unless it has been 30 minutes. Those are two separate things.

> > "wolverinegod" <wolverine...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >
> > news:333ec73e-8937-4b48-8671-...
> >
> > > I, as I assume many others, am extremely frustrated with my computer
> > > locking after a very short period of sitting idle. I have looked
> > > everywhere for a place to adjust the amount of time i have before
> > > windows locks. Does anyone know how to do this? I'm running Ultimate.

> On Feb 20, 5:15 am, "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Change your Screensaver settings.
> > Right-click the desktop> Personalize> Screensaver. Change the time
before
> > the screensaver comes on and/or uncheck "On resume, display logon
screen."

"wolverinegod" <> wrote in message
news:13dd3635-a2d2-45e9-858d-...
> My screen saver runs fine, the problem is the computer will lock
> eventually - i don't want to disable it, just adjust how long until it
> locks.

Hi,
Assuming that you *do* want the computer to lock automatically...

Go to Control Panel> Power Options and experiment with sleep settings. You
can set sleep to occur sometime after the screensaver comes on and require a
password on wakeup.

Then, go to screensaver settings and uncheck "On resume, display logon
screen."

I don't know of another method, unless there's a third-party program
available.

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

On Feb 21, 5:13 am, "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote:
> > > "wolverinegod" <wolverine...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> > >news:333ec73e-8937-4b48-8671-...
>
> > > > I, as I assume many others, am extremely frustrated with my computer
> > > > locking after a very short period of sitting idle. I have looked
> > > > everywhere for a place to adjust the amount of time i have before
> > > > windows locks. Does anyone know how to do this? I'm running Ultimate.
> > On Feb 20, 5:15 am, "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > Change your Screensaver settings.
> > > Right-click the desktop> Personalize> Screensaver. Change the time
> before
> > > the screensaver comes on and/or uncheck "On resume, display logon
>
> screen."
>
> "wolverinegod" <wolverine...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:13dd3635-a2d2-45e9-858d-...
>
> > My screen saver runs fine, the problem is the computer will lock
> > eventually - i don't want to disable it, just adjust how long until it
> > locks.
>
> Hi,
> Assuming that you *do* want the computer to lock automatically...
>
> Go to Control Panel> Power Options and experiment with sleep settings. You
> can set sleep to occur sometime after the screensaver comes on and require a
> password on wakeup.
>
> Then, go to screensaver settings and uncheck "On resume, display logon
> screen."
>
> I don't know of another method, unless there's a third-party program
> available.
>
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
Thanks Don, that sounds like my best bet.... i'm surprised there isn't
a setting for locking the computer.... but this is a good start.