MainSail2007
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ScreenSaver issue
I have about 20 computers in the computer container and they have screensavers that are set on them and I have another 50 that are in OU called workstations that have no screen savers.
I ran GPRESULT on the items in the Computer Container and do not see anything setting the screen saver value to 10 minutes
Any advice
I ran GPRESULT on the items in the Computer Container and do not see anything setting the screen saver value to 10 minutes
Any advice
ScottRockstad
Sounds like your GPO is not linked to OU=Workstations. Go to the Group Policy Management .msc and link the policy to the Workstations OU. Just be sure that your policy includes only the policies that you wish to apply to OU=Workstations.
ASKER
Scott a little more info is probably in order. My attempt is to not have a screen saver at all on the devices that are in the container called computers. These are VDI VIEW workstations.
it does not let the user change the timeout value
Any thoughts
it does not let the user change the timeout value
Any thoughts
Ah! My bad. I should have said OU=Computers, rather than OU=Workstations. Though I am not familiar with VDI View, I get the concept. Having said that, a GPO is a GPO, and it will apply to all OUs to which it is linked. You can specify whatever screensaver properties you like in your GPO.
If I'm still not getting it, I might have gone as far as I can on this one (until I learn more).
If I'm still not getting it, I might have gone as far as I can on this one (until I learn more).
ASKER
Found out that when the ADMIN logs on no screen saver set but when a user logs on with ADMIN rights we do have a screen save.
I found in the registry
HKEY_Current_user\software
I found in the registry
HKEY_Current_user\software
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Hellp ScottRockstad
My original issue was that the I could not find out why the screen saver was being applied at all as I could not find it anywhere in group policy. I am not sure if it was a vmware view issue or something else.
I resolved it by adding the group policy which never fixed my original issue of finding out where it came from??
Thanks
My original issue was that the I could not find out why the screen saver was being applied at all as I could not find it anywhere in group policy. I am not sure if it was a vmware view issue or something else.
I resolved it by adding the group policy which never fixed my original issue of finding out where it came from??
Thanks
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fixed it myself with a group policy