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Go to PCs Control Panel then Power Options &amp;&nbsp;extend the time for Power Saving / Sleep / Hibernation modes or set them to never.<br />
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If XP see this guide:<br />
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/its/stc/faq/Environmental/PowerSave" rel="ugc">http://www.yale.edu/its/stc/faq/Environmental/PowerSave</a><br />
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Windows requires a password to unlock the computer when it wakes from sleep.<br />
see:<br />
change the password requirement when my computer wakes from sleep<br />
<a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/How-do-I-change-the-password-requirement-when-my-computer-wakes-from-sleep" rel="ugc">http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/How-do-I-change-the-password-requirement-when-my-computer-wakes-from-sleep</a>
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Go to PCs Control Panel then Power Options & extend the time for Power Saving / Sleep / Hibernation modes or set them to never.

If XP see this guide:
http://www.yale.edu/its/stc/faq/Environmental/PowerSave [http://www.yale.edu/its/stc/faq/Environmental/PowerSave]

Windows requires a password to unlock the computer when it wakes from sleep.
see:
change the password requirement when my computer wakes from sleep
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/How-do-I-change-the-password-requirement-when-my-computer-wakes-from-sleep [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/How-do-I-change-the-password-requirement-when-my-computer-wakes-from-sleep]

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Try start run<br />
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powercfg.cpl<br />
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works in xp
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Thank you, and I was pleased to help you with this. &nbsp;... Thinkpads_User
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Thank you, and I was pleased to help you with this.  ... Thinkpads_User

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currently my computer goe to the login screen if not for 3 minutes. <br />
where can I change this, I want it to go to login only if idle for more than two hours.
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currently my computer goe to the login screen if not for 3 minutes. 
where can I change this, I want it to go to login only if idle for more than two hours.

computer idle goes to login ?

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