How to get into the status of screen saving manually and make it pw-protected?

[smith]

My screen saver is configured as password-protected when the display becomes
reactivated. Then I typed "%systemroot%\system32\logon.scr" in the command
line and got into the status of screen saving.The problem was that I found
that the status was not password-protected. How can I get into the screen
saver that I choose and how to make it password-protected?

Thank you.

 

[Vanguard]

My screen saver is configured as password-protected when the display
becomes reactivated. Then I typed "%systemroot%\system32\logon.scr" in
the command line and got into the status of screen saving.The problem was
that I found that the status was not password-protected. How can I get
into the screen saver that I choose and how to make it password-protected?

It is password protected after the expiration of the time interval set. If
you call it manually then the timer did not expire yet. The timer setting
and password option are settings under which the OS handles the load of the
screen saver but those are not options of the screen saver itself. You
configure the screen saver *options* AND you also specify which file to
paint the screen. YOU loading the .scr file is not the same as the OS
loading it along with those configured options.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/228160/en-us

 

[smith]

I know. Thank you.
But could you please tell me how to achieve this goal? ( to make the system
get into the status password-protected)
Can't I command the OS for any type of screen saver as I wish?

 

[Vanguard]

I know. Thank you.
But could you please tell me how to achieve this goal? ( to make the
system get into the status password-protected)
Can't I command the OS for any type of screen saver as I wish?

I just said (in more verbose terms), no, you can't. The OS has to load the
..scr file under the conditions configured for it to load.

You could run "%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation"
but that locks up the workstation (same as hitting Win+L). The screen saver
will still have to wait until the timer expires.

 

[Bob I]

Press the Winkey+L

I know. Thank you.
But could you please tell me how to achieve this goal? ( to make the system
get into the status password-protected)
Can't I command the OS for any type of screen saver as I wish?