Re: Allow regular user to unlock screensaver locked computer



AdminGurl,

As far as I know, there is no right assignment you can use to allow a plain
user to unlock a workstation. Only local administrators have that right.
Nevertheless, you should try browsing the Local Security settings on the
workstation to see if anything fits your requirements.

Regards!

Willy


----- Original Message -----
From: <admingurl@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <focus-ms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 05:27
Subject: Allow regular user to unlock screensaver locked computer


Is there a group policy or Windows Security setting that would allow some of
my users (i.e. non administators) to unlock a workstation?


So far all I can find is a third party application ( Unlock Administrator
http://www.e-motional.com/ULAdmin.htm ) This program seems to do the trick
but I obviously would prefer to do this through GP.


Note: I don't want to let just anyone to unlock the computer - I want to be
able to select only some users.


Any suggestions?


AdminGurl

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