when i leave my computer alone (without touching anything the screen turns off and i have to log on again, so how do i stop it doing this!!!!
As you can probably tell i don't know much about computers!
2007-02-22 06:51:59 · 9 answers · asked by azman5998 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
It sounds like it is going into standby mode. It's basically an energy saver thing. Go to your desktop and right click. This will give you some options. Chhose properties. then screen saver and power. There should be an option for a time limit. Put in how long you want your computer to wait before it goes off. Then at the bottom enter: apply and save. Then close that box and you are done. Hope this helps.
2007-02-22 06:54:09 · answer #1 · answered by Amy_S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Screen Saver is set to go on and then log you out. Turn off your Screen Saver is the easiest way for computer noobs.
2007-02-22 06:54:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your settings must be set to turn your computer off after a specific amount of minutes. You can change this quite easily
START>
CONTROL PANEL
(switch to classic view if you have the XP view/blue screen style)
Double click DISPLAY
click SCREENSAVER tab (at the top)
click POWER (in monitor settings)
you now have drop down menus where you can select how long you want your PC to stay on before it switches off etc. make your selctions
click APPLY
click OK
2007-02-22 06:57:20 · answer #3 · answered by SonicSon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with your mouse, right click, select properties when the window appears click screen saver, change the wait time to something like 40 minutes or an hour (depending on your preference) and take the password lock off, by clicking next to "on resume ask for password"
2007-02-22 06:56:39 · answer #4 · answered by lindsiekaye 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On your desktop left click and click on properties, just look through the tabs and there should be one that has things to pick if your on standy by you can put writting or something and under that there should be a box to change how long you want it to wait for it to go standy by or log you off
2007-02-22 06:57:17 · answer #5 · answered by urdreamgurl13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right click on your screen and then select:
Properties, then on Screen Saver,
then on the bottom click on "power" in the new window on bottom left you"ll see System standby, select it and change to never.
Good Luck!!!
2007-02-22 06:59:13 · answer #6 · answered by KB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Change your power management settings and your screen saver settings.
2007-02-22 06:54:27 · answer #7 · answered by rockhoundguide 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start
Settings
Control Panel
Check Energy Monitor and screensaver and timeout
2007-02-22 06:54:30 · answer #8 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right click your desktop go to Properties, click the screen saver tab, then uncheck the box that says something like 'on resume, display welcome screen/login'.
2007-02-22 06:56:21 · answer #9 · answered by Joe F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋