RE: Password Protected Screen Saver and Administrative Password

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Date: 02/09/05

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    To: <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:21:07 -0500

    *BLANK TERMINAL SERVICES SESSION AFTER TYPING SCREEN SAVER PASSWORD There
    are many reasons not to use screen savers for Terminal Services sessions-not
    least being that anything other than a blank screen eats processor time.
    Additionally, according to Knowledge Base article 240060, password-protected
    screen savers in Terminal Services sessions can cause the session to be lost
    if the session is minimized while the screen saver is active. After you type
    the password to continue working with the session, the client receives a
    blank screen. The processes are still running on the Terminal Server, but
    the session is not accessible. The session must be reset and a new session
    started. When this happens, the only option is to disconnect the session or
    have the administrator terminate it from Terminal Services Manager.

    It may try to download a file so stop it & read the html page.
    http://files32.com/download-3814-2.htm

    Quick read:
    http://www.rixler.com/keyboard_lock.htm

    I was thinking of the above to 'lock YOUR' keyboard so I don't think it will
    work as it appears to lock the whole computer. But the idea was for you to
    forget about screen savers (as most screens don't need them now) so you
    walking away simply locking your keyboard might work for your station but
    still allow the system to keep running and others to access it via
    GoToMyPC).

    What does GoToMyPC have to say?
    I would have thought this could be a very common question they get asked.

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Tom Milliner [mailto:tom.milliner@verizon.net]
    > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 10:07 PM
    > To: tom.milliner@verizon.net; focus-ms@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: Password Protected Screen Saver and Administrative Password
    >
    >
    >
    > Does someone know a way to allow a normal user to release a
    > server password protected screen-saver without giving the
    > user the administrator password?
    >
    > I need this so that third-party support can access our server
    > via GoToMyPC when I am not there. The password protected
    > screen-saver blocks them from remote access to fix problems.
    > I cannot always be on-site to assist by supplying the
    > screen-saver password.
    >
    >
    > Tom Milliner, CPA, MCSE
    > tom.milliner@verizon.net
    >
     

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