RE: [ActiveDir] Screensaver GPO not applying?

[Mark Woods]

I had a issue very similar to this, it was caused by the power settings within the Display Properties, by default this is set to 'Turn off monitor' after 20 minutes, setting this to Never made the screen saver kick in, I had to set this manually on each build as I couldn't find a way to script it.   -mark From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Wassell Sent: 04 October 2004 18:43 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Screensaver GPO not applying? That's what I thought as well. The value is the correct type (REG_SZ) and the GPO is enforced, but I am still having the same issue. The weirdest part is that RSoP shows that the settings are applying, but does not actually apply. Does anyone else have an idea? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 1:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Screensaver GPO not applying? The GPO doesn't have to look at the path. All the GPO does is punch in a registry value and its up to Windows to find the file. It will work fine if you just enter in the .scr file name and don't put a path. I've tested this and it works as expected. So I suspect you have another problem. Also note that this registry value is not of type REG_EXPAND_SZ, which means if you put something like %systemroot% in there, Windows will not expand that value correctly when the screensaver path is resolved. You would have to put in C:\windows explicitly. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A. Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 10:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Screensaver GPO not applying? The GPO does not look at the PATH variable on each PC, it processes what it is told only, it does not make assumptions. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Wassell Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 12:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Screensaver GPO not applying? Hmm.. I thought if the files were located in that location the path did not need to be specified. I'll give it a shot... Thanks! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A. Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 12:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Screensaver GPO not applying? You must have in the GPO %systemroot%\system32\logon.scr for this to work correctly.  Just having the file name will not work.  This is how I do it and I have no problems. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Wassell Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 12:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Screensaver GPO not applying? I posted this elsewhere but have gotten no responses yet.  Thought I would post it here also to try to gather some opinions. Workstations are mixed 2000 / XP professional.  DC's are Windows 2003 and domain is running in Windows 2003 native mode. Desired screensaver is logon.scr.  Default installation path for logon.scr is %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\.  Path is not specified in GPO, only filename. RSoP shows that the policies are processing properly.  The setting seems to apply properly to XP machines but not to 2000 machines. Has anyone else seen or heard of this problem before? I did find a MSKB article regarding the symptom, but it only mentions that the symptom occurs in Windows 2000 domains, and pre-SP3 Windows 2000 machines, neither of which are the case.  For anyone curious here is a link: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=305357 Michael Wassell Network Administrator PT Marketing Group Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 Phone:  412-471-8995  /  Fax: 412-471-8695 **This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by Edwin Coe at the mail gateway** This email and any attachments are confidential, legally privileged and protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, then the dissemination or copying of this email is prohibited. If you have received this in error, please notify the sender by replying by email and then delete the email completely from your system. This email and any attachments have been scanned for viruses, but it is the responsibility of recipients to conduct their own security measures. No responsibility is accepted by Edwin Coe for loss or damage arising from the receipt or use of this email, nor for personal emails, or emails unconnected with the firm's or clients' business. A list of the names of the partners of Edwin Coe, can be inspected at 2 Stone Buildings, Lincolns Inn, London WC2A 3TH