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#92744 - 2003-09-04 08:00 PM screensavertimeout
pvds pvds Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2001-04-14 Posts: 201	Hi, Need much help on this one! All our users have mandatory profiles with GPO on windows XP. We use a logoff screensaver set at 5 minutes that works fine but! Two computers have a beamer attached for instructions. On these computers a timeout of 5 minutes is to short. Because the screensavertimeout is set in the GPO it seems to bee impossible to change: Have changed all the registry settings but this is not working. Found some topics that it can be done with WMI but I am too stupid to figure it out. I hope some of you have figured this out already or know a good until (command line) Peter
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#92745 - 2003-09-04 08:02 PM Re: screensavertimeout
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	if it is due to GPO, then you have to fix it with GPO. deny those machines permissions to that GPO, and provide another GPO for them with the correct settings _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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#92746 - 2003-09-04 08:37 PM Re: screensavertimeout
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11629 Loc: CA	It also depends on how STRICT the policy is. Does it re-apply itself during the day, does it LOCK registry permissions on the keys, etc... The location is here for the screen saver. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop By renaming the KEY Desktop or removing it will at least temporarily disable the policy. However a GPO can also be set to prevent a normal user from modifying this key as well. All depends on how tough the Admin is on the subject.
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#92747 - 2003-09-04 08:50 PM Re: screensavertimeout
pvds pvds Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2001-04-14 Posts: 201	DOC The registry changes dont work. Radimus Your suggestion is ok but in our case the last option.
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#92748 - 2003-09-04 08:56 PM Re: screensavertimeout
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	if your policy re-applies, it is your only option. _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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#92749 - 2003-09-04 09:05 PM Re: screensavertimeout
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11629 Loc: CA	Don't work? or you don't have rights to DELETE that key? I would like to see that for myself. If you can and do delete that DESKTOP key then the Screen Saver should no longer be controlled until a new policy update which is 90 minutes by default I think. However Rad is correct that applying the GPO measures is the "correct" way to handle this. [ 04. September 2003, 21:07: Message edited by: NTDOC ]
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#92750 - 2003-09-04 09:17 PM Re: screensavertimeout
pvds pvds Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2001-04-14 Posts: 201	DOC It simply dont work and it can be changed by using wmi and WBEMobject? lots of topics in VB but I could not get it to work GROM (Dutch for)
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#92751 - 2003-09-06 07:25 AM

Re: screensavertimeout

Kdyer

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Registered: 2001-01-03
Posts: 6241
Loc: Tigard, OR

Here is the code we used at one time.. We have GPO applied across the whole organization now..

YMMV as the GPO would tend to take precedence..

code:

 $screensavekey='HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop'
 IF Readvalue('HKCU\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System','NoDispScrSavPage')<>1
       IF 0=KEYEXIST('HKCU\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System')
             $rc=ADDKEY('HKCU\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System')
       ENDIF
       $rc=WRITEVALUE('HKCU\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System','NoDispScrSavPage',1,'REG_DWORD')
 ENDIF
 ;IF (Readvalue($screensavekey,'ScreenSaveTimeOut')<>'900')
 ;      $rc=WRITEVALUE($screensavekey,'ScreenSaveTimeOut','900','REG_SZ')
 ;ENDIF
 IF Readvalue($screensavekey,'ScreenSaveActive')<>1
       $rc=WRITEVALUE($screensavekey,'ScreenSaveActive',1,'REG_SZ')
 ENDIF
 IF Readvalue($screensavekey,'SCRNSAVE.EXE')<>$windir+'\system32\logon.scr'
       $rc=WRITEVALUE($screensavekey,'SCRNSAVE.EXE',$windir+'\system32\logon.scr','REG_SZ')
 ENDIF
 ;IF Readvalue($screensavekey,'ScreenSaverIsSecure')<>1
 ;      $rc=WRITEVALUE($screensavekey,'ScreenSaverIsSecure',1,'REG_SZ')
 ;ENDIF

HTH,

Kent

[ 06. September 2003, 07:28: Message edited by: kdyer ]

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#92752 - 2003-09-07 01:39 AM Re: screensavertimeout
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Apply GPO loopback. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#92753 - 2003-09-07 03:17 PM Re: screensavertimeout
pvds pvds Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2001-04-14 Posts: 201	Kent, No luck withe your script Les, GPO loop back????? Help I still do not have a solution but made an work around. I made a new screensaver witch become active after a couple of minutes and displaying a message that the screensaver is active. By clicking this message the screensaver script is teminated by leaving the message the screensaver become active after a couple of minutes. Its not beautiful but it works for Us. Stil looking for the WMI solution!! Peter
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#92754 - 2003-09-07 03:30 PM Re: screensavertimeout
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Loopback in GPO is covered in AD101. Not the sort of topic I could do justice on here. Try reading your AD docs or Google. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#92755 - 2003-09-07 08:27 PM Re: screensavertimeout
pvds pvds Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2001-04-14 Posts: 201	Less, That is the one I was looking for going to tets it tomrrow Thanks Peter
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