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05-11-2004, 07:42 PM
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screen saver
I have my computer password protected with the screen saver and all so that i can just leave the room with my computer running and can come back without it being bothered by anyone..IE my brother but... it usually takes a while to start up the screen saver and if I set it to a smaller time interval it starts a lot while im doing something to the side so i was wondering if there's a way to start your screen saver by a command or by hitting a key like [Ctrl]+[S] or something like that so that when i leave the room i can just hit that without worrying...Thanks in Advance!
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05-11-2004, 07:43 PM
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Running WinXP Pro by the way...=)
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05-11-2004, 08:15 PM
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There is a tweak you can do so that if the screensaver comes on, within a certain time zone, you can just move the mouse and it wont as for a password yet. After that set time period, it'll ask for the password again. Interested?
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05-11-2004, 08:17 PM
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I remember seeing a tweak where when you brought your mouse in the corner on the screen it enabled/disabled the screensaver but I cant find it.
EDIT: I looked everywhere and cant find it but I found this http://www.snapfiles.com/get/sscontrol.html But I just found it on google so for all I know it could be full of spyware.
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05-11-2004, 09:45 PM
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Enable fast-user switching. Hit Windows key+L.
Hth, e.n. 
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05-11-2004, 09:47 PM
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sorry, double post
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05-11-2004, 11:32 PM
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heres the registry tweak that i think m3talc0re was referring to:
Go to Start --> Run and type regedit.exe Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windwos NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon Modify ScreenSaverGracePeriod. The value is stored in seconds. You should be able to give yourself enough of a grace period to not lock yourself out but still keep your pc secure. hope that helps mike |
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05-12-2004, 09:45 AM
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ctrl-alt-del
K Locks computer, don't even worry about the screen saver. |
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05-12-2004, 09:56 AM
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05-12-2004, 04:43 PM
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Thanks all who've replied... i tried the [winkey] + [L] and that seems to work for my purposes...thanks again!
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