Hi, what I think happened here is:
1. BOINC v7 created those new users to give you more security for your pc. Thus the auto-logon feature of X doesn't know which user to login. To correct this you can follow this help: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windowsxp/ht/auto-logon-xp.htm and manually set your own user account to auto log-on. This should resolve the first problem. 2. This is a feature called lock desktop when screensaver activates. This can also be deactivated: On your desktop, right click properties, under screen saver make sure "on resume, display login screen" is NOTchecked. You can also disable screen saver there. (from: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-security/how-to-disable-automatic-lock-of-computer-screen/79cb64ab-bda3-4501-8b2c-656de6dcc5ac) Regards Christian Am 04.02.2013 01:57, schrieb Bram Weiser: > Hello, and thank you for reading my post, > > I recently posted "BOINC Manager v7.x seems to create Windows User Accounts > that pause my boot-up" > (http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=8155), the key parts of > which I'm reproducing below, to the BOINC Message Boards but, unfortunately, > no one has followed up there yet. > > After I then contacted a Volunteer Helper with BOINC and provided some > information (also included here, farther below) that I discovered after > submitting that first post, he suggested that I post my issue here, so here I > am. > > Can you please advise/assist me in trying to understand why this is happening, > and what I can do about it? > > Thank you very much, > Bram Weiser > > ********** > FROM THE ORIGINAL POST: > > I recently upgraded my BOINC Manager v6.x (probably v6.10.60) to v7.0.28, and > now I suspect that doing so has caused some new User Accounts to be created on > my Windows (XP SP2) PC that cause my boot-up process to pause so that I can > choose which Account to log-in with. > > I say all of this because: > > * During boot-up, the process pauses to ask me to choose a User Account, yet > the only(!) one shown is mine. I now need to actually choose it there in order > for the boot-up to proceed. > > * Going to Control Panel --> User Accounts shows that above-mentioned > Adminstrator account that's in my name along with two (2 -- boinc_master and > boinc_project, both of which are "limited accounts" and "password protected") > that are tied to BOINC. > > * I haven't had a need to go into User Accounts before, so I can only guess > that v7.x created them. > > ********** > FROM MY EMAIL TO THE VOLUNTEER HELPER: > > Please also note that the new BOINC Manager v7.x seems to make my computer > "hibernate", thus directing me to that User Account screen I spoke of, when I > try to regain control from the screensaver. > > Why would this be happening, especially when it wasn't the case with v6.x? > > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
