This setting will make all the screen savers password protected. Before you enable this setting you must specify the screen saver executable path and screen saver timeout.ĭouble click the setting Password protect the screen saver and click Enabled. Click Apply and OK.ĭouble click the setting Enable Screen saver, click Enabled. This setting if enabled displays the screen saver specified in the policy setting.Įnable this policy and provide the screen saver patch. Next double click the policy setting Force specific screen saver. In this example I will set the idle time to 60 seconds. Set the time after which the screen saver should appear. Double click on Screen saver timeout policy setting.Ĭlick Enabled to enable this policy setting. We will configure the policy settings now.įirst all all let’s deal with screen save timeout setting. Now expand User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Control Panel. The Group Policy Management Editor opens in a new window. Right click the Screen saver policy and click Edit. Provide a name to the policy such as Screensaver Policy and click OK.Right click the domain and click on Create a GPO in this domain and link it here.Using group policy, we will see how to lock domain computers. Lock Computers In Domain Via Group Policy The clients will pick up the screen saver from this location. Once you have found the screen saver, copy the screen saver file to a shared folder. Screen Save location – C:\Windows\WinSxS folder. Windows server 2008 R2 comes with few inbuilt screen savers, we will be using one of them. When the user clicks on screen saver, the computer prompts user to enter the credentials to login.
We will configure it in a way that after the inactivity timeout on the computer, the computer gets locked. In this post I will use a screen saver that comes with windows operating system. Most companies have a branded screen saver that displays their company logo along with company information. This will prevent the unauthorized access to the computer even though the employees forget to lock their computers. With the help of group policy the administrator can define settings to automatically lock the computer after the specified amount of minutes. This is because without locking the computer, some one could access it. In most organizations the employees are advised to lock their computer before they step away from it. Using group policy you can lock computers after specific interval of time or after specific duration of inactivity on the computer. In this post I will show you how to lock computers in domain via group policy.
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