Lock screen when sleeping

i would like to have a way that, when i close my macbook, the computer goes to the same place as when i click "login window..." in the user menu extra. so that, when i open it again, i see the login window with the default background instead of a place to put my password to get back to my computer and the possibility to push "switch user."
this way i can close my computer and then if my roommate or friend opens it they will see a "guest" button instead of ask me for my password. do i have any options? i found a program called "sleepwatcher" and it worked once, but didn't keep working in tiger. what can i do?

yeah that is to show A login window, but i want THE login window. where it has a list of users (myself and the guest).
It has the default leopard space background... it shows up when i start up my computer... but when i wake the computer i have a black screen and my name shows in one box and a password in the other.

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All the information about my problem is contained in the post title. I ran etrecheck as I had seen recommended in a few other posts.
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                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (201.68 GB free)
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USB Information:
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          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
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Kernel Extensions:
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          org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB          (4.2.6)
          org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt          (4.2.6)
          org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp          (4.2.6)
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Problem System Launch Agents:
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          [failed] com.apple.CalendarAgent.plist
          [failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
          [failed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
          [failed] com.apple.rcd.plist
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          DivX Web Player: Version: 3.0.1.5 - SDK 10.5
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6
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          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
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          npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6
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          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
User Internet Plug-ins::
          OctoshapeWeb: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.8
          Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 2.6.1f3
Bad Fonts:
          None
Old applications:
          SoundCloud:          Version: 1.1.0 - SDK 10.0
                    /Applications/SoundCloud.app
          Uninstall Yamaha USB-MIDI Driver:          Version: 1.1.0 - SDK 10.4
                    /Users/alexanderaddiego/Documents/YAMAHA DGX 640/um132mx/Uninstall Yamaha USB-MIDI Driver.app
Time Machine:
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          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 499.25 GB Disk used: 297.57 GB
          Destinations:
                    FreeAgent GoFlex Drive [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 999.86 GB
                    Total number of backups: 2
                    Oldest backup: 2013-10-15 01:17:04 +0000
                    Last backup: 2013-10-15 01:31:10 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Adequate
                              Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk used 297.57 GB X 3)
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          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
              24%          Google Chrome
               7%          WindowServer
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          hidd
               1%          mds
Top Processes by Memory:
          201 MB             Google Chrome
          111 MB             SystemUIServer
          97 MB              Google Chrome Helper
          86 MB              mds
          85 MB              WindowServer
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          28 MB              Free RAM
          1.40 GB            Active RAM
          1.39 GB            Inactive RAM
          1.17 GB            Wired RAM
          261.34 GB          Page-ins
          81.91 GB           Page-outs

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Your system could be in danger of failing at any time and you need to replace the disk soon.
Back your system up twice.
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Repair Disk Permissions and Verify Disk. If Disk Permissions reports errors, don’t worry. That is normal. If Verify Disk reports errors then they need to be repaired. Otherwise skip to the reinstall OS X section.
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- Select your system drive.
- Repair Disk.
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Genius reservation http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/ .
or find an Apple Authorized Service Provider https://locate.apple.com/country
You can speed it up further by upgrading some hardware. For memory, disk or SSD replacements and upgrades check out OWC http://eshop.macsales.com/, Crucial: http://www.crucial.com/ and Kingston http://www.kingston.com/us/.
Consider an upgrade to 8 GB or RAM ($100).
If your Mac has a disk and it won’t repair properly, is low on disk space, or you just want a considerably faster disk,, check out an upgrade to an SSD-Hybrid disk. Google "Seagate XT".
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