That sounds like an interesting solution, but you're right, deploying Windows 2008 isn't realistic in our environment just yet.
- Sean On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 9:43 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you do this with a Group Policy Preference rather than a Policy Object? > If I remember rightly the Policy option locks the option to change it > regardless. The Preference option might give the user the option to > change...although you will have to install a 2008 DC, load the GP management > tool on a 2008/Vista client and install the Group Policy Client-Side > Extensions on the clients if memory serves me right. Might be a bit too much > work for what you are trying to achieve (if my recollection is correct, I > may be talking complete garbage) > > 2009/9/11 Sean Martin <[email protected]> > > Windows 2003 Domain >> Windows XP Clients >> Windows 2003 Servers >> Windows XPe Thin Clients >> >> I'm deploying a GPO to auto lock all desktops/servers after 15 minutes of >> inactivity. This GPO also disables access to the screen saver tab in Display >> properties. That works just fine. I have a couple of OUs containing Computer >> Objects that need the same auto lock settings, except I don't want to >> disable access to the screen saver settings. I thought this would be >> possible by creating a separate GPO for that OU and enabling loop back >> processing. I've disabled the feature "Hide Screen Saver tab", and the >> screen saver tab is visible on those Computers, however I'm still unable to >> modify the screen saver settings. >> >> Is there any way around that without disabling the auto lock settings >> entirely? >> >> - Sean >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > http://raythestray.blogspot.com > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
