Screensaver Password Disabled but still requiring password

[Guest Graham]

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]

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)

 

 

 

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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