automatically lock users workstations after 10 minutes

J

Jason Gallas

Is it possible with group policy? I don't want to log them off, just lock
the workstation so a passerby cannot view their work/change their system.
 
T

Tim Hines [MSFT]

You can set a password protected screensaver policy. When the screensaver
idle timeout is reached the screensaver will start and lock the workstation.
The policy setting is listed below.

Password protect the screen saver
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display

Description
Determines whether screen savers used on the computer are password
protected.

If you enable this policy, all screen savers are password protected. If you
disable this policy, password protection cannot be set on any screen saver.

This policy also disables the Password protected check box on the Screen
Saver tab in Display in Control Panel, preventing users from changing the
password protection setting.

If you do not configure this policy, users can choose whether or not to set
password protection on each screen saver.

Note

This policy is used only when a screen saver is specified for the computer.

Tip

To specify a screen saver on a computer, in Control Panel, double-click
Display, and then click the Screen Saver tab. To specify a screen saver in a
policy, use the Screen saver executable name policy.


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Windows 2000 Directory Services

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