Domain computers screen resolution

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Matt

Why does the screen resolution change on computers when
users logon. We set the resolution to 1024x768 and after
a reboot, the user logs in and the resolution changes to
1280x768
 
Hi Matt-

The screen resolution is a user-specific setting, and is stored in the
user's profile (located in Documents and Settings).

Although there is not a group policy setting which would allow you to set a
specific setting for the screen resolution for users (this could be an
accidental disaster if set to one the hardware doesn't support), it is
possible to prevent users from altering a predefined screen resolution via
group policy.

In a group policy which linked to a container the user objects reside in,
and where the users have permissions to that group policy, edit the policy
and go to:

User Configuration->Administrative Templates->Control Panel->Display.

You can remove the Display CPL from appearing entirely, or simply remove the
Settings folder tab from being visible for those users.

Please repost if we can help further.
 
Hi Tim,

Your feedback is really great. Howerver, the problem
that I am having is that the users display settings is
set to 1024x768. when the users restart the computers
the next day, the screen res changes back to 1280x768. I
started having this problem after I removed the domain
users group from the local administrator group of the
workstations. I looks like the screen res is being
forced by a GPO to change to the higher res..

For security resason I need to remove the domain users
group from the local admin group and make them power
users, but then the res has problems.

Please help

Thanks,

Matt
 
How are the users logging in, with local credentials or domain? If they
logon with domain credentials, what group memberships (domain and local) do
they have?
 
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