I have a Sybase based POS server running on Windows 7 32-bit. The process that starts it won't start until the user is logged on, i.e it doesn't run as a service. For security reasons, I have an admin account and a user account. The screen saver is setup to require a password on resume. PCI security standards state that you cannot have auto log on enabled. I want to have the user account log on, and then instantly have the screensaver kick on, so you need a password to actually do anything. Even if I set it to 1 minute, someone could just restart to PC, and then just not leave the PC idle for more than a minute, and do whatever they want. The intent is for the server to restart on power failure or error state, and the POS server software that runs the registers will start without user intervention. Sometimes there is not a manager present to even unlock the office door to log in to the server. My first thought is the screensaver, unless anyone has any more ideas.

I'm not much of a VBScript guy, or any at all, really. Never done it before. I guess I might have to try to start. In the meantime, if anyone else has anything to add, please do.

now that's more up my alley. trying it this afternoon

HA! So easy. I knew there must be a simple way to do that. I never would have come up with those batch file commands. Thanks.