lockworkstation fails

From: Kim (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/24/04


Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 07:08:23 -0800

I have 100+ workstations in a Novell environment that lock
down after 5 minutes. I have them set up through Group
Policy:

1. Run gpedit.msc

2. User Configuration/Administrative Template/Control
Panel/Display

3. Activate Screen Saver = Enabled

4. Password Protect Screen Saver = Enabled

5. Screen Saver Time Out = Enabled (300 = 5 minutes)

This works well for me.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I have a win 2k pro workstation in a novell environment.
I use zenworks in combination with psshutdown.exe -l to
lock my workstation after 5 minutes and this works quite
well. The problem is that sometimes when my workstation
locks after some amount of time it just hangs. The screen
is flashing and the only thing i can do is reboot... I
already installed SP4, which microsoft says, would correct
the problem. Anyone has some brilliant ideas to help me?
>.
>



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