Re: Screen saver password protect not working

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:02:03 -0800, ATC <ATC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The group policy to enforce password protection on the screen saver isn't
doing anything. It results in the password box being checked and greyed out,
but the screen saver isn't actually protected.

Also, I've checked this setting in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control
Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaverIsSecure

...and it is set to "1" as it is supposed to be. If I understand this
setting correctly, shouldn't the user be required to enter their domain logon
password to exit the screensaver? This is apparently happenin on all our PCs
regardless of operating system. Any ideas?

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