I found that most (if not all ) times, I had to reboot a computer to make the screen saver settings take hold.
Regards, Hank Arnold ATTENTION: This email is from an external source. Use caution before opening attachments or clicking on links. “Understanding is a 3-edge sword. Your side, my side and the truth. J. Michael Straczynski My Blog: http://blogs.msmvps.com/hankshelp/ Twitter: @Hank_PCDoc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hank.arnold.96 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kennedy, Jim Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 2:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Group Policy - Enforce screensaver and password So did your power settings only partially kick in...like 10 minutes to dark...30 to lock...and you only waited 10? -----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. >> >> > >
