What could take multiple guys 2 hours or more each to find is accessed in around 15 minutes on Experts Exchange. All rights reserved. Covered by US Patent. Come for the solution, stay for everything else. Welcome to our community! Hello everyone, I have never seen this before, but I have a user that when she is away from her computers more than 20 minutes, her computer automaticlly locks.
The first thing I checked was screen saver, but that does not have a password. Also, when her computer locks, it shows the desktop in the background. I also checked her local group policy and could not find any place where this could be set.
Does anyone know if there is a GP that would lock a users computer? What do you mean when you say your computer freezes? What works and what doesn't work at that point? You can only enter Safe Mode by turning on your computer or by restarting your computer. This means that you cannot use "Safe Mode" as a way of shutting down your computer when it freezes.
Perhaps you mean something else? Are you using C-A-D to get to the task manager and shutting down things from there?
When you use the event viewer you should be given to links to sites that discuss possible reasons for the problem. Have you seen this? Have you tried clicking on the links offered? When I have a clearer idea of what you are describing, I might have an idea or two to offer.
Sorry, I should make myself clearer. Here's what happens: 1 - Computer freezes whenever it wants to. Around 7 times out of 10, right before it freezes, the mouse or cursor becomes huge in size, and I can move it around a bit until the system completely hangs up. Can't move anything. No mouse, no keyboard controls, nothing. It won't boot up. It sounds like some form of progressive degeneration.
But unfortunately I cannot tell from what you describe whether it is hardware or software related. If your computer is fairly old 4 or 5 years, even , it could be a problem with the harddrive.
It could be heat-related. It could be a problem with the registry. I know, I know -- too much information, too little of use. If it were my computer, I would a. Then, in order if one option doesn't work, try the next b. In other words, do not reformat your harddrive or anything like that, just re-install Windows in place. I apologize for the generality of my suggestions, but your problem sounds severe as you describe it, and I don't want to say something I don't know for certain.
I thought it was hardware but evidently not. I had a Dell Latitude D that started locking up in the middle of working. The screen sometimes would change colors, get colored horizontal bands, flash off and on, refresh randomly, and other wacky visual effects.
Most times it would run the hard drive like crazy, and then eventually go to a black screen and do a memory dump. I ran all kinds of antivirus, adware, spyware checks and took it to local PC shop who did similar and tested memory and hard drive.
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