I have received a complaint that the user is being logged out of his system on a random basis... usually when the screen saver activates.  He has it setup like XP home where the user chooses a LOGIN based on a profile CHOICE.  He states that the computer is sending him to the login randomly.  Is this normal?  How do you turn it off?

thanks."Usually when his screen saver activates" does not sound very random.  Right-click desktop-->Properties-->Screen saver.  Uncheck the BOX "On resume, password protect".thanks for the suggestion.  It isn't the locked desktop the user is getting... it's the fast user switching logout.  Almost like someone is remotely LOGGING into the system and switching users.  What the user meant by screen saver, is that the screen saver is running when he goes back to it, and finds the system logged out.

thanks.Yes, that is exactly the behaviour that I experience on my home system (which is also running XP Pro).  After the screen saver de-activates, we RETURN to the user selection menu (fast user switching).  Upon going back to user's login, the screen saver is running there too.  It's a Windows - uh - "feature"!

I can't for the life of me remember how to select between the fast user switching and the locked workstation behaviour; I think you have a different default depending on whether you're logging into a domain.thanks.. that's what I thought might be happening.  So I wonder if I turn off Fast user switching.. it would stop doing that...

thanks.Probably.The fast user switching login you mention is the XP Welcome screens version of the workstation locked.  If you turn off the welcome screen fast user switching you'll get workstation locked, if it's on you'll get welcome screen.  Turn off the password on resume on the screen saver options.