Welcome Screen, When Resuming From Screensaver 1

[BooYaKaSha]

Hello,

I am trying to set my computer up so that when the computer resumes from my screensaver, the welcome screen appears.

Right now, when I turn on my computer, I get the welcome screen as desired, but when I choose "on resume, password protect" from the screensaver properties tab, I get the classic, old-school NT login popup window.

I have "use welcome screen" and "enable fast user switching" checked on the user account options. I also have used the "control userpasswords2" utility from the command line and made sure "require users to press ctrl + alt + delete" is unchecked (actually, it is greyed out). I also have checked "users must enter a username and password to use this computer" checked. My computer is standalone and connects directly to the Internet: I'm not connected to a domain.

I do, however, get the welcome screen when resuming from standby or hibernation.

One thing I have noticed is that I have disabled the default administrator account from the "local users and groups" tool. When enabled, I do get the welcome screen when resuming from a screensaver, but the administrator account appears on the welcome screen. So I guess my real question is, can I get the welcome screen when resuming from a screensaver without the default administrator account appearing on the welcome screen.

Thank you for your help.

 

[BooYaKaSha]

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[linney]

There appears to be two check boxes that may be displayed on the Screensaver page.

If you are NOT using Fast User Switching you have the "on resume, password protect" check box which results in old style logon screen.

If you have "Fast User" enabled you get a check box "On resume, display Welcome screen"

This is from the Help and Support program.......

"To protect your files by using a screen saver password
Open Display in Control Panel.
On the Screen Saver tab under Screen saver, click a screen saver.
Select the On resume, password protect check box.
If Fast User Switching is turned on, select the On resume, display Welcome screen check box."

I can only suggest you make sure fast user is selected. Also check that the Fast User Switching is turned on under services and also check that the Terminal Services are on as Fast User requires it running.


This link may or may not be relevant.

Screen Saver Is Not Password Protected If Started Manually

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q228160

The only other thing that I can think of is that you must have more than one user in user profiles to get Fast User switching working.

 

[BooYaKaSha]

Hmmm, this is most odd.

I definitely have fast user switching turned on, as well as terminal services. They were set to run manually by default, but I switched them to automatic just for the heck of it. Still no luck.

I don't get the "on resume, display welcome screen" only "on resume, password protect". When I enable & show the administrator account, that's the only time I get the "on resume, display welcome screen" checkbox.

And what bothers me is I know for a fact this should work. I've seen my brother's computer for example revert to the welcome screen on resume when he is the only user listed. (Of course, he doesn't know why it's not working either.)

I'm starting to think either some obscure option I selected back in the day, or some random program I tried has messed with something and caused this not to work.

Thanks for your help though.

 

[AndyWatt]

I had this problem yesterday and managed to resolve it by

Control panel -> User Accounts -> Change the way users log on and off

and ensuring that both the "Use the Welcome Screen" and "Use fast user switching" boxes were checked. You may also need to turn off offline folders if prompted.

Andy
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