How can I return to login screen after screensaver??

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How can I return to login screen after screensaver??

I am trying to set up my Parents new Mac like their old Windows XP machine. When the Windows PC sat idle it went to screensaver and if the mouse was moved it returned to the login screen with their user icons.

On the Mac the option under Security "Require password after screensaver" will bring up a password prompt for the user who is currently logged in with a "Switch User" button.

Hitting that "Switch User" button will bring me to the login screen with the list of users and their icons. Does anyone know of a way where it will bypass prompting for a password and goto the login screen without hitting the "Switch Users" button?

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Jan 25, 2010 8:38 AM

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V.K.

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Jan 25, 2010 9:03 AM in response to tbharber

it's possible but what's wrong with hitting "switch user"? that's really the easiest. anything else will require extra work. see this link
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10785767&#10785767

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tbharber Author

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Jan 25, 2010 9:33 AM in response to V.K.

I have no problem with it but as I said it is for my parents so I am trying to make it no more clicks than normal. To give you an idea how illeterate they are their dock is locked down and only has 2 icons which are Safari, and Mail.

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tbharber Author

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Jan 25, 2010 1:58 PM in response to tbharber

Just wanted to give an update. I tried the method that V.K. provided and it worked perfectly. The only thing I had to do extra was turn off the "require password after screensaver" option under security. With it on you will get prompted twice. I also had to set up the screen saver for each user. Other than that it was very quick and easy.

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