Right-click on the desktop and select PROPERTIES. Go to the SCREEN SAVER tab on top. Then where you tell it how many minutes to wait before starting the screen saver, it should allow you to place a check mark to request a password upon exiting the screen saver. It might say to go to the Welcome screen evreytime, but that's ok too, as its pretty much the same thing. Hi, when I try to do this above there is no option or place to check to create a password or to tell it to ask me for a password. cristy,formerly hotredlips To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk