[mswindowsxp] Re: Lock
- From: Bill Beckett <Bill.Beckett@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 10:58:59 -0400
Gotta love the way that works.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:Sorin.Srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 11:04 AM
To: mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mswindowsxp] Re: Lock
On Mon, 17 May 2004 10:49:55 -0400, Bill Beckett wrote:
>That's probably it. As a follow up, if I make the change to the GPO,
>will running Gpupdate on the client update the GPO immediately or does
>the user have to logoff on back on?
Gpupdate should (theoretically) be enough. However I've seen times when only
a logoff and reboot have helped... Go figure... YMMV as they say. 8-/
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:Sorin.Srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:49 AM
>To: mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [mswindowsxp] Re: Lock
>
>
>On Mon, 17 May 2004 10:36:30 -0400, Bill Beckett wrote:
>
>>I'm sure this is easy but I cannot find it or it's not working. I want
>>an XP workstation to be locked once the screen saver kicks in. The
>>password protect is grayed out, although the box is checked. However,
>>after the screen saver kicks in, no password prompt comes up. The
>>workstation is wide open once anyone hits a key. What gives?
>
>I saw this behaviour when the domain set GPO specified a screen saver
>that was not available on the local computer.
>
>If you have a domain GPO set for win2k with a full path statement in
>the GPO, pls be aware that for XP the systemroot is not the same! Ie
>c:\winnt vs c:\windows.
>
>Windows expects the screen saver to be in %systemroot%\system32. If
>it's anywhere else, you'll have to specify it.
BW,
Sorin
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