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by ronald davidson

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We have an issue here at work that is baffling. We have installed Windows 2000 on several workstations. On four of these workstations when the screensaver is set to automatically come on in a password protected mode, when the user goes to login and start working again the PC logs them off. Has anyone seen this before?

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by ann777

Look for a keyboard problem. Basically a stuck key could be inputting and when the user finally logs in, the password is not correct and the computer logs him/her off.

by ericrb

Could be due to Logon hours. Logon hour restrictions for those workstations or for the users could cause the scenario you are describing.

by benwagg

Possible scenario: UserA logs on, is inactive long enough for passworded screensaver to come on. UserB happens by, is an administrator, and can override UserA's screensaver password to log in. Windows logs UserA to log in admin UserB.

Possible factors:
1. have group policies been changed on the four local systems?
2. are the systems members of a domain?
3. what are domain's group policies?
4. are these users administrators of the local machine?
5. are any domain admins?

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