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      type="topic" style="problem"
      id="session-screenlocks">

  <info>
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    <revision pkgversion="3.8" version="0.3" date="2013-03-09" status="candidate"/>

    <desc>Change how long to wait before locking the screen in the
    <gui>Privacy</gui> settings.</desc>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>

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<title>The screen locks itself too quickly</title>

  <p>If you leave your computer for a few minutes, the screen will automatically
 lock itself so you have to enter your password to start using it again. This is
 done for security reasons (so no one can mess with your work if you leave the
 computer unattended), but it can be annoying if the screen locks itself too
 quickly.</p>

  <p>To wait a longer period before the screen is automatically locked:</p>

  <steps>
    <item><p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>Settings</gui>.</p></item>
    <item><p>Click <gui>Privacy</gui>.</p></item>
    <item><p>Click <gui>Screen Lock</gui>.</p></item>
    <item><p>If <gui>Automatic Screen Lock</gui> is on, you can change the value
    in the <gui>Lock Screen After Blank For</gui> drop-down list.</p></item>
  </steps>

<note style="tip">
 <p>If you don't ever want the screen to lock itself automatically, switch
 <gui>Automatic Screen Lock</gui> off.</p>
</note>

</page>
