Subj : Re: 3 questions
To   : Jason Lamb
From : Alan Zisman
Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 09:48 am

-=> Jason Lamb wrote to All <=-

 JL> I visited my Dad over Labor Day Weekend. He has a Win XP SP2 Home
 JL> Computer. I noticed 3 things that were different.

 JL> 1) While his system is in stanby, at some point it will automatically
 JL> log-off and return to the sign-on screen.

 JL> 2) At the bottom left screen of the sign-on screen, it says "Turn off
 JL> DON'T TOUCH". Mine says "Turn off the computer".

 JL> 3) His IE history is empty. It appears to be cleared when he sign-off.
 JL> The IE setting is set for 20 days. The history does show the days and
 JL> previous weeks, but when you click on a particular day or week nothing
 JL> happens.

 JL> How are the 3 things possible? I did not mentioned it my Dad since he
 JL> is not PC savy and I am sure he did not do this. It probably came that
 JL> way or a friend of his did it. I want to know how.

 I can only comment on #1... if you go to the Power Options control panel, and 
click on the Advanced button, there's an option to [ ] Prompt for password when 
computer resumes from standby.
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