On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 2:05 PM, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > So did your power settings only partially kick in...like 10 minutes to > dark...30 to lock...and you only waited 10?
Dark kicked in at 10. Most of my PCs are set to never go to sleep (AFAIK - I haven't been too finely detailed on the workstation setups). > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Michael Leone > Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 1:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Group Policy - Enforce screensaver and password > > On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Webster <[email protected]> wrote: >> How about testing it on a test user account so you will know exactly what >> happens??? It is a user policy setting so you can restrict it to a single >> user account for testing. > > I am testing it. :-) That's why I asked - I set it to enforce a password > screensaver, but then didn't set a screensaver (as the user). > And the situation happened as I described - monitor went dark (power), but > clicking on anything put me right back into the session, no password. That's > what I need to find a way to avoid ... > > >> >> >> Webster >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Leone >> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 11:03 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Group Policy - Enforce screensaver and >> password >> >> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Wolf, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Don't specify a screensaver. It will just lock the machine with the screen >>> off. >> >> OK. So what if the user doesn't choose a screensaver. Then nothing happens, >> right? No screensaver, and - more importantly - no password needed to unlock >> the PC (presuming the display turns off, for power saving). I got the >> impression that this is what he is trying to prevent. Doesn't want people >> just walking away from a PC, and leaving it unlocked, for anyone to walk up >> and do nefarious things ... >> >> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Leone >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 10:26 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [NTSysADM] Group Policy - Enforce screensaver and password >>> >>> I've had a "suggestion" from my CIO. :-) He would like to use GP to enforce >>> that all domain computers have a screensaver (set to like 15 minutes), and >>> that the screensaver is password enabled. He didn't seem to care which >>> screensaver, as long as one is set. >>> >>> (these are all Win 7 PCs, BTW) >>> >>> I see the options in User Config/Policies/Admin Templates/Control >>> Panel/Personalization that I can Enable Screen saver and password protect >>> the screen saver. But if I read it right, I either have to specify which >>> screen saver to use, or depend on the user to pick one. >>> >>> So what happens if I choose >>> >>> Enable screen saver: ENABLED >>> Password protect the screen saver: ENABLED screen saver timeout: 900 >>> seconds >>> >>> and the user does *not* set a screensaver? If I use the above settings, do >>> I really also need to force a specific screen saver, so that I can be sure >>> that at least a passworded screen saver is set? >>> >>> What do the rest of you do? I'm assuming at least some of you enforce >>> passworded screensavers. >>> >>> Thanks for any advice. >>> >>> >> >> > >
