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How can I modify the grace timeout for password protected screensavers?
John Savill
January 8, 2000
1 Min Read
A. When a password protected screen saver starts there is a graceperiod before a password needs to be entered to deactivate. This can be changedas follows:
Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsNTCurrentVersionWinlogon
From the edit menu select New - String Value from the Edit menu
Enter a name of ScreenSaverGracePeriod and press Enter
Double click and set to the number of seconds grace period. Click OK
Close the registry editor
Reboot the machine
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