Password on screensaver

[EGKK931]

How do I set a password on a screensaver? I talking about standard screensaver on microsoft XP home edition.

Cheers

[Saab Dastard]

Right click the desktop.

Select Properties

Select Screen Saver tab

Choose Screen Saver

Set Wait time

Tick "On resume, password protect"

Apply.

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[EGKK931]

I have followed your insturctions but I cannot find the option of:

Tick "On resume, password protect"

Cheers

[CBA_caption]

On xp home it asks whether you want to go back to the welcome screen. So if your entire windows account does not have a password it will not be possible.

You could try using the legacy "proper" logon screen and see if that changes the options

CBA

[Saab Dastard]

Sorry EGKK, CBA is right - if you haven't set up normal ctrl-alt-del login with password requirement, it isn't possible.

Great feature of XP home edition! Not!

Go to Control Panel, User accounts and disable fast user switching and "use welcome screen".