That's a new one for me - I haven't seen that before now. Thanks for that - I've always thought that what I had implemented was a kludge, and this looks it might be a better alternative.
Kurt On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 9:49 AM, Tony Burrows <[email protected]> wrote: > I recall something about this method being deprecated in the future and > Microsoft is pushing people to use the Machine inactivity limit setting > instead. > > Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > > Local Policies / Security Options > Other > Interactive logon: Machine > inactivity limit. After the number of seconds of inactivity set in this > policy, the computer will lock. No other settings are needed to get this to > work. You could set the screensaver policy too if you want but it isn't > needed. > > > Regards, > Tony > > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 5:25 AM, Michael Leone <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Below is a picture of what we do. We just lock the screen. Doesn't >> matter if the user chooses a screensaver or not - the screen locks after >> 900 seconds (too long in my opinion, but it quelled the screaming). >> > >> > >> > AH HA. That's the sort of thing I was looking for. That command does >> lock the screen, no need to worry whether a screensaver was set or not. So >> while it's not a "real" screensaver, it does serve the ultimate purpose >> (locking the machine, and requiring a password to unlock). >> > >> > Thanks so much! This seems to be working in my testing. >> >> >> Glad to hear it. I can't remember where I found it, but it was a good >> day when I did. >> >> Kurt >> >> >> >
