Is this normal?

[Emrys Davies]

When I open a page in Windows 7 Home premium and leave it inactive for a
short space of time it closes of its own accord and displays the words
'Emrys Davies Locked' and 'Switch User', together with a small icon which,
if clicked, opens the window again. I sense that this normal, but I would
appreciate clarification.

 

[JazMac]

Normal if you have the screen saver set to 1 minute and that upon waking go to the log in screen. This looks like what is happening. Right click the desktop and click Personalize. Click screen saver (lower right) then check your screen saver properties. It probably has the "On Resume, display logon screen" dialog box checked. Uncheck it.

-JazMac

 

[Emrys Davies]

When I open a page in Windows 7 Home premium and leave it inactive for a
short space of time it closes of its own accord and displays the words
'Emrys Davies Locked' and 'Switch User', together with a small icon which,
if clicked, opens the window again. I sense that this normal, but I
would appreciate clarification.

It now appears to me that any intermittent movement of the mouse cursor
stops the window closing abruptly, so it may be that I have answered my own
question.

 

[JazMac]

"Emrys Davies" <(e-mail address removed)> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> When I open a page in Windows 7 Home premium and leave it inactive for a
> short space of time it closes of its own accord and displays the words
> 'Emrys Davies Locked' and 'Switch User', together with a small icon which,
> if clicked, opens the window again. I sense that this normal, but I
> would appreciate clarification.

It now appears to me that any intermittent movement of the mouse cursor
stops the window closing abruptly, so it may be that I have answered my own
question.

Can you read this?

-Jazmac

 

[Char Jackson]

It now appears to me that any intermittent movement of the mouse cursor
stops the window closing abruptly, so it may be that I have answered my own
question.

Check your screensaver timeout and make sure it's not set to an
extremely low value.

 

[Emrys Davies]

Check your screensaver timeout and make sure it's not set to an
extremely low value.

Thanks for that. It was on one minute and I have changed it to three
minutes. Easy now that I know that the change is possible.

 

[Fred]

Thanks for that. It was on one minute and I have changed it to three
minutes. Easy now that I know that the change is possible.

Three minutes? What's the panic?

 

[Char Jackson]

Thanks for that. It was on one minute and I have changed it to three
minutes. Easy now that I know that the change is possible.

I would have recommended 45-60 minutes, but it sounds like you've
found a value that works for you.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Three minutes? What's the panic?

He's using it as an egg timer.

Three minutes seems pretty short to me as well...

 

[Ophelia]

He's using it as an egg timer.

lol

 

[Emrys Davies]

I would have recommended 45-60 minutes, but it sounds like you've
found a value that works for you.

Thanks everyone. 45 minutes it is. This was completely new to me having
only had my brand new HP Pavilion for a few days and not having set eyes on
Win7 or WLM before.

 

[Ophelia]

Thanks everyone. 45 minutes it is. This was completely new to me having
only had my brand new HP Pavilion for a few days and not having set eyes
on Win7 or WLM before.

Hey don't worry Most of us are using Win7 and WLM for the first time

You will find some good advice and helpful people here and I for one am very
grateful!

 

[Emrys Davies]

Hey don't worry Most of us are using Win7 and WLM for the first time

You will find some good advice and helpful people here and I for one am
very grateful!

Ophelia, I find the search facility most helpful particularly if I use words
like 'Create', 'Recovery' or 'Search', but is there a list/index hidden
somewhere which itemizes the main eventualities or am I expecting too much?

 

[Ophelia]

Ophelia, I find the search facility most helpful particularly if I use
words like 'Create', 'Recovery' or 'Search', but is there a list/index
hidden somewhere which itemizes the main eventualities or am I expecting
too much?

I don't know, but I know a few people here who will)

I am not too sure what you mean about 'main evenualities' Unless... what
you are looking for is in 'godmode'?

Anyone?

 

[relic]

lol

Yeah, 3-minute eggs are usually too runny. He should set it for 4-minutes.

 

[Emrys Davies]

I don't know, but I know a few people here who will)

I am not too sure what you mean about 'main evenualities' Unless...
what you are looking for is in 'godmode'?

Anyone?

It would be a ready made all in one alphabetical index which would guide me
to whatever programmes are available, such as Repair Disc, Recovery Disc
Creation (which I have found) and many others, but I think that I may be
asking too much. It just crossed my mind that I may be missing something.

 

[Ophelia]

It would be a ready made all in one alphabetical index which would guide
me to whatever programmes are available, such as Repair Disc, Recovery
Disc Creation (which I have found) and many others, but I think that I may
be asking too much. It just crossed my mind that I may be missing
something.

Sounds like it to me. I have it now but I followed the path given here.

Please could someone post it again for Emrys?

 

[The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly]

Yeah, 3-minute eggs are usually too runny. He should set it for 4-minutes.

But wouldn't that depend on your altitude?

 

[Emrys Davies]

"The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"

But wouldn't that depend on your altitude?

Yes, it does depend on your attitude!!!!!

 

[Dave-UK]

It would be a ready made all in one alphabetical index which would guide me
to whatever programmes are available, such as Repair Disc, Recovery Disc
Creation (which I have found) and many others, but I think that I may be
asking too much. It just crossed my mind that I may be missing something.

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