That is correct....my memory is rubbish today :-) 2009/9/11 Free, Bob <[email protected]>
> You don’t need a 2008 DC to deploy GPP. You need an up level > client(2K3/Vista/Win7) for management and the GPP CSE deployed to your > downlevel clients you want to manage. > > > > *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, September 11, 2009 10:46 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Auto Lock via Group Policy > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- "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/> ~
