Desktop settings keep changing in a domain environment

[Jim in Cleveland]

Can someone please explain to me how desktop settings work on the XP
platform? We have XP computers in a 2003 server domain, using roaming
profiles. We have a hand full of computers with the following problem. The
department computer user's desktop screensaver settings are set up as follows:

Screen saver set to none
Power options set to:
Power scheme = Home/Office
Turn Off Monitor = never
Turn off hard drive = never
System Standby = never
system hibernation = never
On ONE particular computer in this department, this computer after 5-15
minutes will go into a password protect mode or the display will go black.

If I log into this computer with another user and make changes to the screen
saver settings, will that only affect that users display settings or will it
affect the computer as a whole?

This is getting really frustrating. How do I fix this issue? Other
computers in this department do not experience this problem, only this
computer!! Can someone shed some light on the situation?

TIA
Jim

 

[John John - MVP]

Set the "Password protect the screen saver" domain policy to "Disabled".

John

 

[C.Joseph Drayton]

Can someone please explain to me how desktop settings work on the XP
platform? We have XP computers in a 2003 server domain, using roaming
profiles. We have a hand full of computers with the following problem. The
department computer user's desktop screensaver settings are set up as follows:

Screen saver set to none
Power options set to:
Power scheme = Home/Office
Turn Off Monitor = never
Turn off hard drive = never
System Standby = never
system hibernation = never
On ONE particular computer in this department, this computer after 5-15
minutes will go into a password protect mode or the display will go black.

If I log into this computer with another user and make changes to the screen
saver settings, will that only affect that users display settings or will it
affect the computer as a whole?

This is getting really frustrating. How do I fix this issue? Other
computers in this department do not experience this problem, only this
computer!! Can someone shed some light on the situation?

TIA
Jim

It could be a power saving mode rather than a screen saver mode.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph