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Screen saver time setting via group policys

I would like to be able to use a group policy to create a rule that requires the screen saver time out period to be 30 mins or less. I know i can set the time out value myself however i want this value to be definable by the user (as long as it is less than 30 mins). I would also like to remove NONE as a choice so that a a screen saver is required.

thanks!!!

trippleO7

You're not going to be able to allow the user to set the screen save time between 1-30 minutes through GP. It's a setting you have to force. There isn't an option to "let user decide between 1-30 minutes" kind of thing. But as far as forcing the Screensaver so it is required, yes you can do that.

In GPO:

User Config > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Display

Options to change:

Screen Saver: Enable

Screen Saver Executable name: if in the %systemroot%\system32 directory, then e.g. "example.scr". But if it's not in the system32 directory, then use fully qualified path to the .scr file.

Just out of curiousity, what's the reason for wanting the users setting their own screensaver time???

quietflght

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heh its a policy that has been dictated by the powers that be way above me.... didn't think it was possible but wanted to check out if anyone else had a solution

Jay_Jay70

if its a policy already dictated then there isnt much you shoud be doing :) any reg entries will jsut be over written next time the policy applies...kind of the whole idea behind GPO's!

quietflght

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Comment from quietflght
Date: 01/19/2007 10:48PM PST
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heh its a policy that has been dictated by the powers that be way above me.... didn't think it was possible but wanted to check out if anyone else had a solution

Comment from Jay_Jay70
Date: 01/20/2007 06:32AM PST
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if its a policy already dictated then there isnt much you shoud be doing :) any reg entries will jsut be over written next time the policy applies...kind of the whole idea behind GPO's!

What i meant by policy was not the windows sense of the word but rather the political sense of the word. the people above me would like it to be a certain way reality not withstanding :)

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quietflght

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I 've tested it set to 30 and it works fine. i'm working on the explaining it does not quite work "the way you want your exellency" answer now also.
thanks for helping to confirm my thoughts on this.

trippleO7

I understand your situation all too well. It's just too bad that MS doesn't allow for a preference mode for anything except IE settings, allowing us techs to set the default settings in a policy, but still allow the end user to change them. Maybe in Longhorn Server and Vista it'll be possible...

Thanks for the points, and good luck.