Inactivity requiring password and screensaver not working

[wooster61]

hi.....windows 7 pro question.....

until recently, this is what happened.....if i did not use my computer for 15 minutes it would go back to the screen which required my password before it would allow me to continue working.....the screensaver which was a blank screen would also kick in....i am the only user of this computer.....

i changed my monitor recently and everything was fine until a few days ago.....i noticed that whilst my computer had gone back to the screen requiring my password before allowing me back in, the screensaver had not kicked in which would give me a black screen......now it seems that on occasion the computer doesnt even go back to the password screen after a period of inactivity.....as far as i can see having checked the tutorials o this site, all the required settings are in place.....can anybody help please?.....

 

[Brink]

Hello Wooster, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You might see if toggling the screen saver off and on may have it work properly again. Double check to make sure that you have the Blank screen saver selected, and that you have the On resume, display logon screen box checked.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/15322-screen-saver-password-protection-enable-disable.html

In addition, check Option Two below to see if you have Require a password selected. It's the same in Windows 7 as well.

Password Protection on Wakeup - Enable or Disable in Windows 8

Hope this helps for now,
Shawn

 

[wooster61]

hi shawn.....thanks for the reply.....i should have said that i tried all that you suggested and checked the settings when the problem originally manifested itself......

 

[Brink]

You might also see how long you set to turn of the display for to see if maybe the display is just being turned off before the screen saver and password on resume kick in.

Display - Turn Off in Windows

 

[wooster61]

the screensaver is set to kick in after 15 minutes......

 

[Brink]

Yes, but I was asking if you checked to see if it may just be the display being turned off instead of the screen saver kicking in.