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Through group Policy, how can I force a PC to Lock after a
certian period of inactivity?

Thanks in advance.

Glassy
 
You can create a password protected screensaver policy. The screen saver
will activate after X minutes and it will lock the PC. See the info below
on this policy.

Password protect the screen saver
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display

Description
Determines whether screen savers used on the computer are password
protected.

If you enable this policy, all screen savers are password protected. If you
disable this policy, password protection cannot be set on any screen saver.

This policy 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 policy, users can choose whether or not to set
password protection on each screen saver.

Note

This policy is used only when a screen saver is specified for the computer.

Tip

To specify a screen saver on a computer, in Control Panel, double-click
Display, and then click the Screen Saver tab. To specify a screen saver in
a policy, use the Screen saver executable name policy.

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Through group Policy, how can I force a PC to Lock after a
certian period of inactivity?

Thanks in advance.

Glassy
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Windows 2000 Directory Services

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Hello Glassy,

To do this, you need to enable the "Password protect the screensaver" policy
in group policy at the following location:
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display

Here is the explanation of this policy:
==============================
Determines whether screen savers used on the computer are password
protected.

If you enable this policy, all screen savers are password protected. If you
disable this policy, password protection cannot be set on any screen saver.

This policy 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 policy, users can choose whether or not to set
password protection on each screen saver.

This policy is used only when a screen saver is specified for the computer.
To specify a screen saver on a computer, in Control Panel, double-click
Display, and then click the Screen Saver tab. To specify a screen saver in a
policy, use the "Screen saver executable name" policy.

Note: To remove the Screen Saver tab, use the "Hide Screen Saver tab"
policy.

Hope this helps,

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Directory Services
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Hello Glassy,

Here is an article that details these exact steps:

318714 HOW TO: Limit User Logon Time in a Domain in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=318714

Buz Brodin
MCSE NT4 / Win2K
Microsoft Enterprise Domain Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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