For most users nowadays, that’s probably unnecessary and passwords are clumsy security anyway, but… sounds like that’s what you have enabled on your Windows PC, so let’s fix it.įirst off, let’s differentiate between the screensaver and the login prompt on screen. That would ensure that while you’re at lunch, say, someone didn’t pop by and use your computer or access your files and data without permission. LCD (liquid crystal display) screens changed that but screen savers stuck around and remain a part of every major operating system.īecause of security concerns in multiuser environments like a library or corporate office, smart developers tweaked the idea of a screen saver so you could optionally have it also prompt for a password on wake. Remember flying toasters, anyone? Go to an old video game arcade and you’ll see the problem: after enough time with a static image on the display, those pixels would be ‘burned in’ and permanently display a ghost image, even with the screen completely turned off. Back in the old days of CRT (cathode ray tube) computer monitors, computers were designed to turn off screens or switch to a “screen saver” that would vary the image on screen over long periods of time to avoid “burn in”.
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