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There are two GPO settings you can make and they are listed here. <br />
<a href="http://www.msresource.net/knowledge_base/articles/tip:_how_to_force_pcs_to_lock_the_desktop_via_gpo.html" rel="ugc">http://www.msresource.net/knowledge_base/articles/tip:_how_to_force_pcs_to_lock_the_desktop_via_gpo.html</a><br />

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You can do it by setting the same screen saver settings with a GPO - if its set with a GPO then the user cannot override it.<br />
<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938799.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938799.aspx</a>
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In the Group Policy Management Editor (08 server). Under Control Panel -&gt; Display - It only diaplsy 2 settings, I do not see anything related to Screen Savers (ex. Disable the Display Control Panel &amp;&nbsp;Hide Settings tab).
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We are in a 2008/2003 server environment running Win XP and 7 clients. <br />
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I wanted to see where the setting at the server-level is to auto-lock a workstation after __ minutes/hours (assuming there is a GPO for this). <br />
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I know from the client-side we cna do it via Screen Saver settings, but would like to set it domain-wide, as well as to remove the ability for the user to disable it.
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We are in a 2008/2003 server environment running Win XP and 7 clients. 

I wanted to see where the setting at the server-level is to auto-lock a workstation after __ minutes/hours (assuming there is a GPO for this). 

I know from the client-side we cna do it via Screen Saver settings, but would like to set it domain-wide, as well as to remove the ability for the user to disable it.

Auto-lock Workstation in Windows 7/XP

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Windows 7

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Windows XP

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).