asked on 3/26/2013

How to setup global policy for password on screen lock in a Win 2003 domain

I have a Windows SBS 2003 server in a domain that consists of a mix of Windows 7 and Windows XP boxes. I need to create a global policy that enables a screen lock (requires user password to unlock) on all clients within the domain. I haven't done much of anything with group policy editing to date so any help would be appreciated. Please keep in mind that I don't have much specific experience in this area so don't make any assumptions as to what I already know!

I have read many group policy related articles like this one: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc758177%28WS.10%29.aspx and one common instruction I see is this:

Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Terminal Services, Sessions

I'm not sure how to get to this path, so that might be somewhere to start.

Thanks in advance for the help, your patience is appreciated.

Telefunken

Windows Server 2003 SBS Active Directory

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telefunken

3/27/2013

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Sarang Tinguria

3/26/2013

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Sandeep

3/26/2013

I would support given above, it has got all the steps. Also you can modify your existing GPO i.e. Default Domain Policy and do the settings here. If you want the password policy to be applied to all the domain, then rather than creating new GPO you can edit the Default Domain Policy. Whenever you want to apply such Group Policy to any specific group of users or computers, i would suggest to create new GPO rather.

telefunken

3/27/2013

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Solution worked perfectly, all clients are conforming to the new policy! Thanks for the help.