Password on screensaver
 

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

Cheers

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

Tick "On resume, password protect"

Cheers

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

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! :yuk:

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