How do you overide screensave setting in GP?

[Guest]

I need some way to override the group policy screensaver setting for a single
computer. Whenever this computer in left unattended for sometime during
presentations, the screesaver causes it to lock up and the only recourse is
to reboot. Is there anyway to override just the screensaver setting? Thanks!

Ben

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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I need some way to override the group policy screensaver setting for
a single computer. Whenever this computer in left unattended for
sometime during presentations, the screesaver causes it to lock up
and the only recourse is to reboot. Is there anyway to override just
the screensaver setting? Thanks!

Ben

Not sure, it depends on how YOU have designed your GPOs.
If in an OU with a GPO affecting the OU, I would move it to another OU that
the policy is not affecting.

If the policy is at the domain leve meaning you set it in the Default Domain
Group Policyl, I would re-think your design strategy and put it in it's own
GPO and only apply it to either users or computers. If at the domain level
you are affecting everything including DCs and servers. You can also create
a WMI filter for that one computer to block the WHOLE GPO, but if the screen
saver setting is set at the domain level, you do not want to do that or you
will negate the whole GPO.

So it depends. For accurate assistance please elaborate on your design.

Thanks,

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Ace

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[Guest]

Thanks, Ace, for your response. To answer your question, the policy is at the
domain level and applies to all users in the domain. This is how it was set
when I took over. I have also questioned this strategy.

Thanks,
Ben

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Thanks, Ace, for your response. To answer your question, the policy
is at the domain level and applies to all users in the domain. This
is how it was set when I took over. I have also questioned this
strategy.

Thanks,
Ben

I see. The best bet sounds like redesigning it so you have more control over
it.

Ace