Screen saver policy

[Duane]

I am trying to implement a screen saver / lock workstation
policy. The policy is not taking effect on my test
machines. I found KB article 305357 that references a
hotfix for this problem on W2k SP1 and SP2 machines. All
of my test workstations and DCs are SP3. I have tried
upgrading a workstation to SP4 but the policy still has no
effect.

The policy itself is linked correctly and is not being
filtered. I get no warnings or errors in the event logs.
If I add something such as a logon banner to the policy it
gets applied, only the screen saver settings are not
applied.

Anyone else had this problem?

 

[Danny Sanders]

Do the computers you are setting the screensaver on have the screen saver
file you are "calling"?

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

 

[Duane]

Yes. Originally I was using WinExit.scr from the resource
kit. When I ran into problems I switched the policy to
logon.scr since it is part of the OS.

 

[waldox]

Do you have ALL this settings enable?

Active screen saver
Screen saver executable name
Password protect the screen saver
Screen saver time out

Make sure they are, if you missed one.

 

[brandon hay]

i have the same problem. has anyone found a solution to
this problem.

thanks