We continue coverage of an issue where Mac OS X fails to prompt the user for a password when Energy Saver is set to lock the system during sleep or while a screensaver is active, effectively ...

My work machine has to have a password protected screensaver for when I leave my desk. Yesterday for some reason it started taking a real long time for my desktop to fully restore after typing in my ...

Mac OS X 10.3 has a feature that allows you to require a username/password when waking the computer from sleep or deactivating a screen saver. Normally, you must ...

I use the screensaver password so that my son cant mess anything up when the comp is unattended and he starts mashing keys. He's 1 1/2 years old and my comp has paid the price for his curious ways!

If you've secured your computer with a Windows password to protect sensitive business data, when you step away from your desk for a while, Windows' automatic screen saver password locks your monitor.