Win 7 keeps going back to log-in screen. EDIT: Solved.

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Win 7 keeps going back to log-in screen. EDIT: Solved.

February 13, 2012, 01:43:06 PM

I just started having this issue last night on the desktop, it's an HP, Win 7, fairly new, everything updated to current, Norton a/v, no infections, spam, trojans, etc.

I started in safe mode and ran the System File Checker scan and it "did not find any integrity violations."

I don't have it set to require a password on resuming from standby, don't have a screen saver active, have the setting to shut off monitor and had drive set to never, etc...am stumped why it does this. I googled, and the only relevant thing I found was the SFC scan, which, as stated above, was inconclusive.

I'll sit here and watch it, and see if it will do it again, and how many minutes elapse, and post back.

Thanks for any help :D

Win 7 keeps going back to log-in screen. EDIT: Solved.

Reply #1 – February 13, 2012, 02:15:27 PM

I figured it out. An update apparently enables the screensaver and made it default to resume to logon screen. Ugh.

Win 7 keeps going back to log-in screen. EDIT: Solved.

Reply #2 – February 13, 2012, 05:58:10 PM

That has happened to me on different updates. I used to blindly accept updates till things like screen saver timeouts . Now I at least browse what changes they want to do.

Win 7 keeps going back to log-in screen. EDIT: Solved.

Reply #3 – February 13, 2012, 07:35:22 PM

Yeh, *most* times I check and get the gist of what's updating, but the last time, I was in a hurry, and didn't. Oh well, at least I figured it out :)