Screen saver / on resume password protect

[Guest]

Network w/ over 1K PC's - most 2K and XP. Recently several users are
reporting that the Screen saver / on resume password protect option has been
enabled but not by the users. Personally I think it's a good thing to have
enabled but many users don't want it enabled. Any ideas how or why this is
changing all of the sudden w/o user intervention?

Thanks, in advance!

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Network w/ over 1K PC's - most 2K and XP. Recently several users are
reporting that the Screen saver / on resume password protect option has been
enabled but not by the users. Personally I think it's a good thing to have
enabled but many users don't want it enabled. Any ideas how or why this is
changing all of the sudden w/o user intervention?

Thanks, in advance!

GPO
USER Configuration \ Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display Password protect the screen saver
Determines whether screen savers used on the computer are password protected. If you enable this setting, all screen savers are password protected. If you disable this setting, password protection cannot be set on any screen saver. This
setting 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 setting, users can choose whether or
not to set password protection on each screen saver. To ensure that a computer will be password protected, also enable the Screen Saver setting and specify a timeout via the Screen Saver timeout setting. Note: To remove the Screen Saver
tab, use the Hide Screen Saver tab setting."""
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop!ScreenSaverIsSecure

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Guest]

No GPO's w/ this setting enabled. That was my first thought since several
users started reporting this within a few days. Could this possibly be
related to a service pack or security patch?