Group Policy Object question

[chris]

hi,

I am trying to set up a GPO that forces the screensaver to go on and be
password protected after 3 minutes.

Specifically, I have moved the computers to which I want this to apply to
into an OU and created the GPO linked to that OU.

But I see that the Screensaver settings are only available for Users, not
computers.

Can these screensaver options only be applied to the user and not to a
specific computer ?

Basically, I would like to have these screensaver settings locked down
according to the computer, regardless of which user logs onto it.

Thanks in advance for any help !

chris

 

[Mark Ramey [MSFT]]

Chris,

Unfortunately the registry settings for the screen saver are set in the HKCU
(HKey Current User) portion of the registry which is part of the user
profile, actually the ntuser.dat file. This is part of the profile so users
can personalize their profile. There is no way to set this via a GPO for a
computer specific.