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More info?)
Malke,
Thank you for your patience. I guess I will now have to remember to log off
when I leave my computer. Thanks again.
--
Tom
"Malke" wrote:
> Tom wrote:
>
> Please see my comments inline:
>
> > Malke,
> >
> > I'm sorry if I don't know the correct terms; but I used to be able to
> > log on at the welcome screen as could the other accounts. I no longer
> > have the
> > welcome screen but a "log on to windows box" that has user name,
> > password, and log on to.
> > I can log on to my computer by entering my
> > password as I would have from the welcome screen. Instead of clicking
> > an icon the other accounts have to enter their user name and password
> > in the "log on to windows box". This is Ok. I can also enter a new
> > user name, password, and log on to, to access the domain.
>
> Yes, the above is because your computer is a member of a domain now and
> not a member of a peer-to-peer Workgroup.
>
> > My problem is that when logged on regularly, as I would have from the
> > welcome screen, I can no longer resume from the screen saver to the
> > welcome screen so the other accounts have access in my absense.
>
> What do you mean by can no longer "resume from the screensaver to the
> welcome screen"? There will be no Welcome Screen in a domain. Do you
> mean that when your password-protected screensaver is active, *you* can
> no longer log in by typing in your username and password? Are you
> saying that the screensaver log in doesn't work? Or are you saying that
> since the computer is now locked and needs your password, *other* users
> can't get in? If the latter, then this is the design of a computer on a
> domain using a screensaver. Your account is still logged on and only
> you can get into it. You would need to log out and then leave the
> machine sitting at the log in box for another user to be able to type
> in his/her username and password.
>
> >
> > My question is: instead of the "log on to windows" box can I have the
> > welcome screen with 2 icons for me, one allowing me to access my
> > computer as before, and one to change my user name, password, and log
> > on to, to access the domain?
>
> No, as I said before - there is no Welcome Screen available on a
> computer that is joined to a domain.
>
> Malke
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