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Guest
Hello,
I seem to be having some screensaver and power setting issues with all of my
users. We were using WinExit.scr fine until a few weeks ago when it
mysteriously stopped working. We've also been using EZ_GPO to put our
systems into Stand-by and/or Hibernation also well, but that doesn't seem to
be triggering either.
I've done the following so far:
1) Verified the users and workstations have the correct screensaver settings
via RSoP.
2) Logged in as a restricted user and verified the screensaver is set
correctly. Pressing the "Preview" button initiates WinExit correctly and
logs the user out.
3) I ran "powercfg.exe /query" and verified all the power settings are
correct.
4) I read that some optical mice will trigger from a reflective surface and
reset the idle clock. I tried various mousepads without successs... I even
wrote a program in C# that hooked all mouse coordinates, mouse inputs, and
keyboard inputs... despite hours with no activity, the screensaver/power
settings do not activate.
5) I read that you can get a HID update from the Windows Update site, but
there was nothing available for my machines...
6) Oddly the logon.scr will run, so I wrote a script that I could execute
from a remote workstatoin to query how long any machine's logon.scr had been
running. Despite running for hours, the power settings would never put the
machine in stand-by or hibernation.
I'm not sure if anyone out there has the experience to help me with this
issue... I'd rather not deploy another 3rd party app since WinExit and EZ_GPO
used to work fine. Any pointers on what the problem may be or how to debug
what is preventing the screensaver from launching would be much appreciated!
Many Thanks,
Grant
I seem to be having some screensaver and power setting issues with all of my
users. We were using WinExit.scr fine until a few weeks ago when it
mysteriously stopped working. We've also been using EZ_GPO to put our
systems into Stand-by and/or Hibernation also well, but that doesn't seem to
be triggering either.
I've done the following so far:
1) Verified the users and workstations have the correct screensaver settings
via RSoP.
2) Logged in as a restricted user and verified the screensaver is set
correctly. Pressing the "Preview" button initiates WinExit correctly and
logs the user out.
3) I ran "powercfg.exe /query" and verified all the power settings are
correct.
4) I read that some optical mice will trigger from a reflective surface and
reset the idle clock. I tried various mousepads without successs... I even
wrote a program in C# that hooked all mouse coordinates, mouse inputs, and
keyboard inputs... despite hours with no activity, the screensaver/power
settings do not activate.
5) I read that you can get a HID update from the Windows Update site, but
there was nothing available for my machines...
6) Oddly the logon.scr will run, so I wrote a script that I could execute
from a remote workstatoin to query how long any machine's logon.scr had been
running. Despite running for hours, the power settings would never put the
machine in stand-by or hibernation.
I'm not sure if anyone out there has the experience to help me with this
issue... I'd rather not deploy another 3rd party app since WinExit and EZ_GPO
used to work fine. Any pointers on what the problem may be or how to debug
what is preventing the screensaver from launching would be much appreciated!
Many Thanks,
Grant