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by gluefingers

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Hi,

I have a couple of questions concerning Admin/owner on winxp.

1) After No activity for 15-20 minutes my computer screen reverts to the logon screen with the ICONS - Admin & Owner & clickon icon. Mildly annoying & never did this before reinstall. Used to just stay on the desktop screen

2) In Control Panel\User Accounts, There is an ICON for OWNER/GUEST AND ASP.net?? (limited account & pw protected.

What is the ASP one? Never saw it before.

3) On an unrelated subject, when I click on the TECH emails to look at XP suggestions, etc. only about 1 of 3 actually show me ther article. Usually there is just more stuff, but not clear where the actaul article is, even if I log in?

Thanks,
JQ

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by thumbsup2

You said "never did this before reinstall". Ok, I'll assume you've used a system restore CD and set it back to factory default. This means EVERYTHING is set back to default and all customizations are gone. You are now the "admin/owner". If you wish to create another user account to login under, go to control panel/users and create one for yourself.

Most of these have been around for quite some time. I'm surprised you haven't learned about them long ago. Sooooo....... Anyway..........

1) To turn off the part that asks you to log back in after 15-20 minutes, you need to go into the screen saver. Right click the desktop anywhere that it's blank, choose properties from the menu that appears. Under the screen saver tab, either turn off the screen saver altogether or uncheck the box that says "on resume, require password". I know this sounds funny, but even though you may not have actually set a password, it's going to ask you to login.

2) ASP.net is installed as a user by some software or windows update. Can't remember which. But, it's a special user account set up so ASP can run properly.

3) If you're looking at some email sent to you as a newsletter and clicking on TECH, you've obviously lost your user account automatic login cookie which is needed in order to view the full article.

All of this stuff happens when you have a new system or you reset an older system to factory default. It's SOP.

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