JSI Tip 1966. How can I force my clients to use a password protected screen saver?

Jerold Schulman

January 17, 2000

1 Min Read
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Add the following to your logon script:

if exist %windir%scrnsave.log goto scrsavokregedit /s \scrnsave.reg@echo JSI > %windir%scrnsave.log :scrsavok

where \scrnsave.reg contains:

REGEDIT4[HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop]"ScreenSaveTimeOut"="360""ScreenSaveActive"="1""ScreenSaverIsSecure"="1""SCRNSAVE.EXE"="C:\WINNT\System32\scrnsave.scr"[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem]"NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000001

The NoDispScrSavPage entry is from tip 0070, and will prevent the users from changing your settings.

NOTE: Change ScreenSaveTimeOut to be the time out that you want and SCRNSAVE.EXE to be the full path to the screen saver you want to use.

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