Setting Lock Screen in Group Policy not working
Hi
We are running Windows Server 2012 R2 STD.
I have set the group policy in order to set the users lock screen but none of the options I have set are working.
The GPO is linked to the correct OU.
Please can someone assist?
We are running Windows Server 2012 R2 STD.
I have set the group policy in order to set the users lock screen but none of the options I have set are working.
The GPO is linked to the correct OU.
Please can someone assist?
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@Patrick. Thanks for the reply. The Computers are situated in the OU that the GPO is linked to.
Are you trying to force screen to lock after period?
No problem, i never Got to checkout why locker screen and or screensaver doesnt work assigned to users/groups or OU's for that matter.
For me it is working when assigned to individual computers, worth to try... just add one specific pc to the scope and check if it starts working.
For me it is working when assigned to individual computers, worth to try... just add one specific pc to the scope and check if it starts working.
First, it looks like you have "Do not display the lock screen" enabled
Second, I would do on the client computer when troubleshooting these issues is goto the client computer and do the following:
1. Force an update (gpupdate /force)
2. Check to see if the GPO has been applied and not filtered out (gpresult /r)
3. Check the RSOP (Resultant Set of Policies) - Open MMC, Add RSOP, right-click and choose Generate RSOP data, browse for the settings
4. Check the registry entries on the local machine that the Group Policy should have changed. Look at the settings in HKLM\Software\Policies\Mic
What version of Windows are the clients running?
Second, I would do on the client computer when troubleshooting these issues is goto the client computer and do the following:
1. Force an update (gpupdate /force)
2. Check to see if the GPO has been applied and not filtered out (gpresult /r)
3. Check the RSOP (Resultant Set of Policies) - Open MMC, Add RSOP, right-click and choose Generate RSOP data, browse for the settings
4. Check the registry entries on the local machine that the Group Policy should have changed. Look at the settings in HKLM\Software\Policies\Mic
What version of Windows are the clients running?
ASKER
@Adam
I have removed the "Do not display the lock screen" setting now. I only had that enabled to see if that would work which is did not.
1.) Done.
2.) Policy applied fine. Only GPO filtered out is the Local GPO.
3.) All shows correct as per how I set it in GPO manager.
4.) Registry setting show the correct image path but it does not set the image on the lock screen. I even copied the image to the Sysvol share. \\domain.local\sysvol\scre
I have removed the "Do not display the lock screen" setting now. I only had that enabled to see if that would work which is did not.
1.) Done.
2.) Policy applied fine. Only GPO filtered out is the Local GPO.
3.) All shows correct as per how I set it in GPO manager.
4.) Registry setting show the correct image path but it does not set the image on the lock screen. I even copied the image to the Sysvol share. \\domain.local\sysvol\scre
Well all the GPO is really going to do is push down the registry settings. Can you paste a screenshot of what the Personalization key looks like in the registry for one of the clients?
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@Adam
Please see screenshot from the PC I am using for testing. Running Windows 10 Pro.
I have changed the image path from network shares to this local folder.
I used the file copy policy to place the file into that folder. that worked fine. Just displaying it as screenlock is not working.
Please see screenshot from the PC I am using for testing. Running Windows 10 Pro.
I have changed the image path from network shares to this local folder.
I used the file copy policy to place the file into that folder. that worked fine. Just displaying it as screenlock is not working.
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I believe you should assign that GPO to computers and not to users or groups. Please check.