Screen Saver flicker before showing login prompt


  1. Posts : 29
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    Screen Saver flicker before showing login prompt


    This has been an issue with every version of Windows since .. probably Win2k. Maybe earlier. I just never got around to looking for a solution (though at this point, there probably isn't one).

    Here's what happens:
    1. You have enabled password protection on your screensaver
    2. The screensaver goes active (doesn't matter if you locked your computer or if it idle-timed into the SS)
    3. You perform an action (wiggle the mouse, hit a key, whatever) that causes the screensaver to stop and present you with a login-prompt
    4. For a brief moment before the login-prompt is presented your desktop along with all running apps are visible


    Although I don't have objectionable wallpaper or apps or such, I dislike that anyone that bumps my mouse gets a free "peak" at whatever is running on my desktop while I'm away.

    Does anyone know of a way to tighten it down so that the very instant that the screensaver stops the login-prompt is displayed?

    Thanks
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Home x64
       #2

    did you ever find a solution?


    This has bothered me since upgrading to Win7, not sure if I noticed it on XP. Chanced upon your question, but see that there wasn't any response.

    thx,
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 29
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    hooty1904 said:
    This has bothered me since upgrading to Win7, not sure if I noticed it on XP. Chanced upon your question, but see that there wasn't any response.

    thx,
    I never found an answer. It's not a big deal -- just one of those little irritations that you learn to live with but never ceases to irritate.
      My Computer


 

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