Oct 3, 2003 #1 beernut Technical User May 12, 2003 22 US Can the screen saver on Win 2000 be locked so it cannot be changed? We have some employees who tend to put inappropriate screen savers on their workstations, so I am tasked to correct the situation. Thanks.
Can the screen saver on Win 2000 be locked so it cannot be changed? We have some employees who tend to put inappropriate screen savers on their workstations, so I am tasked to correct the situation. Thanks.
Oct 3, 2003 #2 BigT4187 IS-IT--Management Oct 2, 2003 1 US Are you using AD in a Domain? If so, there is a GPO to lock the screen saver. Upvote 0 Downvote
Oct 3, 2003 Thread starter #3 beernut Technical User May 12, 2003 22 US This network is not on a domain. It is a workgroup. Upvote 0 Downvote
Oct 3, 2003 #4 bcastner IS-IT--Management Aug 13, 2002 29,271 US You can use Group Policy to affect these changes: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop These are the REG_SZ values that control the screensaver: ScreenSaveActive = 1 (If 0, screensavers are not active) ScreenSaverIsSecure = 1 (a 0 = no password protection) ScreenSaveTimeOut = 600 (for 10 minutes) SCRNSAVE.EXE = C:\WINNT\System32\myscreensaver.scr (or whatever screensaver file name you selected) Also check this key: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop The same settings apply to the case where no one is logged on to the workstation. Upvote 0 Downvote
You can use Group Policy to affect these changes: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop These are the REG_SZ values that control the screensaver: ScreenSaveActive = 1 (If 0, screensavers are not active) ScreenSaverIsSecure = 1 (a 0 = no password protection) ScreenSaveTimeOut = 600 (for 10 minutes) SCRNSAVE.EXE = C:\WINNT\System32\myscreensaver.scr (or whatever screensaver file name you selected) Also check this key: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop The same settings apply to the case where no one is logged on to the workstation.