>Darrell, how long did you work in one session before switching to >the other one? Just wondering if there is some kind of inactivity >timer that locks a session when not being used for a while. That >may explain the different behavior you have seen, even though it >sounds a little weird to say the least Not long, about 5 seconds. Another person suggested there might be a timeout of some sort regulating when the lock dialog appears. Yet I'm confused. Seems to me there should be no password required when using 'Start New Session' --- that is what the 'Lock Current & Start New Session' option should be for. Darrell