password protecting the screensaver

1xnyer · External Since: Jul 27, 2005 Posts: 11

I'm desperately trying to have my screensavers lock when the user profile is
locked down.

I've tried GPO's it envokes the screensaver but it doesn't lock the screen.
I've tried to modify the system.adm file but when I do that there's no
option to password protect the screensaver.

Is there anyway I can accomplish this????? I have server 2003 standard sp2
and my XP machine is service pack 3

Shenan Stanley · External Since: Mar 03, 2005 Posts: 7789

1xnyer wrote:
> I'm desperately trying to have my screensavers lock when the user
> profile is locked down.
>
> I've tried GPO's it envokes the screensaver but it doesn't lock the
> screen. I've tried to modify the system.adm file but when I do that
> there's no option to password protect the screensaver.
>
> Is there anyway I can accomplish this????? I have server 2003
> standard sp2 and my XP machine is service pack 3

You did set it to lock the screen after the screensaver has displayed for a
given number of seconds - right?

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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] · External Since: Jun 08, 2007 Posts: 204

1xnyer <1xnyer.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I'm desperately trying to have my screensavers lock when the user
> profile is locked down.
>
> I've tried GPO's it envokes the screensaver but it doesn't lock the
> screen. I've tried to modify the system.adm file but when I do that
> there's no option to password protect the screensaver.
>
> Is there anyway I can accomplish this????? I have server 2003
> standard sp2 and my XP machine is service pack 3

What do you mean by "when the user profile is locked down" ? GPOs for
password-protected screensavers are easy. What did you actually select? Are
you using gpmc? Do so if you aren't - much much easier to manage your
policies.

I'm setting up my reply to crosspost to
microsoft.public.windows.group_policy as that's the most relevant group.

1xnyer · External Since: Jul 27, 2005 Posts: 11

Yes but its not locking the screensaver.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> 1xnyer wrote:
> > I'm desperately trying to have my screensavers lock when the user
> > profile is locked down.
> >
> > I've tried GPO's it envokes the screensaver but it doesn't lock the
> > screen. I've tried to modify the system.adm file but when I do that
> > there's no option to password protect the screensaver.
> >
> > Is there anyway I can accomplish this????? I have server 2003
> > standard sp2 and my XP machine is service pack 3
>
> You did set it to lock the screen after the screensaver has displayed for a
> given number of seconds - right?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

1xnyer · External Since: Jul 27, 2005 Posts: 11

Ive created a policy to lock down the desktop so the user can not make any
changes. That works fine. I've created a 2nd policy to have the screensaver
go on after 10 minutes and lock. The screensaver goes on after 10 minutes
but it does not lock. I have the box check to password protect the
screensaver in Group Policy but it's not working.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> 1xnyer <1xnyer DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I'm desperately trying to have my screensavers lock when the user
> > profile is locked down.
> >
> > I've tried GPO's it envokes the screensaver but it doesn't lock the
> > screen. I've tried to modify the system.adm file but when I do that
> > there's no option to password protect the screensaver.
> >
> > Is there anyway I can accomplish this????? I have server 2003
> > standard sp2 and my XP machine is service pack 3
>
> What do you mean by "when the user profile is locked down" ? GPOs for
> password-protected screensavers are easy. What did you actually select? Are
> you using gpmc? Do so if you aren't - much much easier to manage your
> policies.
>
> I'm setting up my reply to crosspost to
> microsoft.public.windows.group_policy as that's the most relevant group.
>
>
>

Old Rookie · External Since: Aug 20, 2009 Posts: 6

You need to enable both the screen saver timeout and enable password protect
screen server settings. The GPO that you have configured these settings in
must apply to the users that you want to control in that the GPO has
permissions to apply to the user/group and the user must be in the path of
influence of the GPO. If not working as expected run rsop.msc while logged
as a domain user that it should apply to in order to see the GPO settings
that are actually being applied to that user by which GPO and if they are
what you expect. Gpresult is a command line tool you can use to see what
GPO's are being applied to a user/computer under "applied Group Policy
Objects". The application log should also be checked on any computer where
you are troubleshooting Group Policy application for pertinent errors such
as userenv.

Steve

"1xnyer" <1xnyer.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm desperately trying to have my screensavers lock when the user profile
> is
> locked down.
>
> I've tried GPO's it envokes the screensaver but it doesn't lock the
> screen.
> I've tried to modify the system.adm file but when I do that there's no
> option to password protect the screensaver.
>
> Is there anyway I can accomplish this????? I have server 2003 standard sp2
> and my XP machine is service pack 3