Guest Graham Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 I have a problem with the screensaver that keeps requiring a password to get back to the desktop. I have GPOs in place to disable the screensaver password, and the GPResults wizard and RSOP both show that the password is disabled, but on some machines, it still locks and a password is required. Here's what we have: Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 domain Windows XP SP2 clients (all computers get the same standard image) Group Policy 1 on users' OU for all users that: * enables the screensaver * sets the marquee screensaver * sets the timeout period to 10 minutes * password protects the screensaver Group Policy 2 on specific workstation OU that: Computer Settings: * User Group Policy loopback processing mode enabled, set to Merge User Settings: * set the timeout period to 30 minutes * screensaver password protect is disabled Like I said, the gpresults wizard and RSOP both show that Group Policy 2 is applying the screensaver settings, and that the password requirement is disabled. But, some machines still lock (not a frozen lock, but a ctrl-alt-del lock) and require a password. By the way, ctrl-alt-del is disabled everywhere. Any ideas what could be causing the screensaver locks? If you need any more information, please let me know. Thanks, Graham
Guest Dave Patrick Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 Re: Screensaver Password Disabled but still requiring password You might look at the registry setting. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop Type Reg_Sz ScreenSaverIsSecure values 1/0 (0=disabled) -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Graham" wrote: >I have a problem with the screensaver that keeps requiring a password to >get > back to the desktop. I have GPOs in place to disable the screensaver > password, and the GPResults wizard and RSOP both show that the password is > disabled, but on some machines, it still locks and a password is required. > > Here's what we have: > Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 domain > Windows XP SP2 clients (all computers get the same standard image) > > Group Policy 1 on users' OU for all users that: > * enables the screensaver > * sets the marquee screensaver > * sets the timeout period to 10 minutes > * password protects the screensaver > > Group Policy 2 on specific workstation OU that: > Computer Settings: > * User Group Policy loopback processing mode enabled, set to Merge > User Settings: > * set the timeout period to 30 minutes > * screensaver password protect is disabled > > Like I said, the gpresults wizard and RSOP both show that Group Policy 2 > is > applying the screensaver settings, and that the password requirement is > disabled. But, some machines still lock (not a frozen lock, but a > ctrl-alt-del lock) and require a password. By the way, ctrl-alt-del is > disabled everywhere. > > Any ideas what could be causing the screensaver locks? If you need any > more > information, please let me know. > > Thanks, > > Graham
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