Check your screensaver.
Does it have "[x] On resume, display logon screen" ?
uncheck it, or increase the wait time.
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"Dick Hurtz" <> wrote in message
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> If I step away from my computer for more than a few minutes, it locks and
> requires me to enter my user password to get back in. It presents me with
> the log-in screen. The computer is at home so I don't need it to be that
> secure. How can I modify or disable this feature? I cant find it anywhere
> in the control panels.