(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:20 am
Post subject: Auto locking workstations without using password protected screens Archived from groups: microsoft>public>win2000>group_policy (more info?)
In a W2K3 domain, with XPsp2 workstations, how can I setup a domain wide
Group Policy to lock XP workstations after 10 min of non activity? We don't
want to use group policy: Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control
Panel\Display for password protecting screensavers. Not all of our users have
a screensaver enabled on their PCs and we do not want to force them to use a
standard one. We just want the workstation to lock after inactivity, no
screensaver. Thanks so much!
(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:03 pm
Post subject: Re: Auto locking workstations without using password protected screens [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Hi,
lewis schrieb:
> [...] Not all of our users have a screensaver enabled on their PCs
> and we do not want to force them to use a standard one.
Just activate ScreenSaver and ScreenSaveIsSecure. If a user has
configured "none" then the logon.scr will be used.
"None" is in XP no longer a way to get around your settings, which has
been in 2K SPsomething.
So, you do not need to set a screensaver by GPO, just activate it
and say it is secure. The user is able to change the screensaver
and he even can choose none. But as I said, none is now: logon.scr
Mark
--
Mark Heitbrink - MVP Windows Server - Group Policy
(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:03 pm
Post subject: Re: Auto locking workstations without using password protected scr [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Thank you so much for the information! I just tested it on a pc with no
screensaver setup...and it simply locked the pc after the set inactivity
time. Perfect!
"Mark Heitbrink [MVP]" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> lewis schrieb:
> > [...] Not all of our users have a screensaver enabled on their PCs
> > and we do not want to force them to use a standard one.
>
> Just activate ScreenSaver and ScreenSaveIsSecure. If a user has
> configured "none" then the logon.scr will be used.
>
> "None" is in XP no longer a way to get around your settings, which has
> been in 2K SPsomething.
>
> So, you do not need to set a screensaver by GPO, just activate it
> and say it is secure. The user is able to change the screensaver
> and he even can choose none. But as I said, none is now: logon.scr
>
> Mark
> --
> Mark Heitbrink - MVP Windows Server - Group Policy
>
> Homepage: www.gruppenrichtlinien.de - deutsch
> Blog: gpupdate.spaces.live.com - english
>
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