Re: Screen saver / on resume password protect

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From: okhuntin (okhuntin_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:09:08 -0800

No GPO's w/ this setting enabled. That was my first thought since several
users started reporting this within a few days. Could this possibly be
related to a service pack or security patch?

"Jerold Schulman" wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 07:03:03 -0800, "okhuntin" <okhuntin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Network w/ over 1K PC's - most 2K and XP. Recently several users are
> >reporting that the Screen saver / on resume password protect option has been
> >enabled but not by the users. Personally I think it's a good thing to have
> >enabled but many users don't want it enabled. Any ideas how or why this is
> >changing all of the sudden w/o user intervention?
> >
> >Thanks, in advance!
>
> GPO
> USER Configuration \ Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display Password protect the screen saver
> Determines whether screen savers used on the computer are password protected. If you enable this setting, all screen savers are password protected. If you disable this setting, password protection cannot be set on any screen saver. This
> setting also disables the Password protected check box on the Screen Saver tab in Display in Control Panel, preventing users from changing the password protection setting. If you do not configure this setting, users can choose whether or
> not to set password protection on each screen saver. To ensure that a computer will be password protected, also enable the Screen Saver setting and specify a timeout via the Screen Saver timeout setting. Note: To remove the Screen Saver
> tab, use the Hide Screen Saver tab setting."""
> HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop!ScreenSaverIsSecure
>
> Jerold Schulman
> Windows Server MVP
> JSI, Inc.
> http://www.jsiinc.com
>

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