Screensaver password useless

[don]

What am I doing wrong? When I have XP set to require a
screensaver password, all I have to do is click 'OK'
without even entering a password, and I'm back in the
system. Some security.

 

[Andrew Z Carpenter [MVP:Windows:Security]]

message What am I doing wrong? When I have XP set to require a
screensaver password, all I have to do is click 'OK'
without even entering a password, and I'm back in the
system. Some security.

Is your password blank? Does an administrator user on
the machine have a blank password?

 

[IBTerry [MSFT]]

How are you setting the screen saver password setting? Via a Group Policy
or directly on the machine?
There are issue w/ that policy and screens savers...but most apply to Win2K
machines.
257939 Screen Saver Policy May Not Be Applied
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=257939
There is also this issue...
318449 PowerPoint Slide Show Turns Off Screen Saver and Ignores System Group
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=318449

IBTerry [MSFT]
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