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[greg s]

From Windows XP Help:

[EDIT] On the screensaver setup window, also be sure to uncheck "On resume, display windows welcome screen"

This tells you how to enable the screen saver "lock/password to resume". You want to uncheck the password protect check box.

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.

Notes

To open Display, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Display.
Selecting the On Resume, password protect check box will lock your computer when the screen saver is activated. When you begin working again you will be prompted to type your password to unlock it.
Your screen saver password is the same as your logon password. If you do not use a password to log on, you cannot set a screen saver password.
Fast User Switching is only available for stand-alone computers and users in a workgroup. It is not available if your computer is part of a network domain.

[lostcowboy]

Hi Cintrix, here is something that may be the problem. Right click on the desktop then select properties, select the screen saver tab, then under monitor power, click the power button. Then select the advance tab, under options remove the checkmark from (Prompt for password when computer resumes from standby)
As a side note, when I installed SP2, windows started this even thou I have only one user with no password, after about 30 days it stopped on its own. Strange.