Re: Domain computers screen resolution

From: Matt (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:01:12 -0700

Hi Tim,

Your feedback is really great. Howerver, the problem
that I am having is that the users display settings is
set to 1024x768. when the users restart the computers
the next day, the screen res changes back to 1280x768. I
started having this problem after I removed the domain
users group from the local administrator group of the
workstations. I looks like the screen res is being
forced by a GPO to change to the higher res..

For security resason I need to remove the domain users
group from the local admin group and make them power
users, but then the res has problems.

Please help

Thanks,

Matt
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Matt-
>
>The screen resolution is a user-specific setting, and is
stored in the
>user's profile (located in Documents and Settings).
>
>Although there is not a group policy setting which would
allow you to set a
>specific setting for the screen resolution for users
(this could be an
>accidental disaster if set to one the hardware doesn't
support), it is
>possible to prevent users from altering a predefined
screen resolution via
>group policy.
>
>In a group policy which linked to a container the user
objects reside in,
>and where the users have permissions to that group
policy, edit the policy
>and go to:
>
>User Configuration->Administrative Templates->Control
Panel->Display.
>
>You can remove the Display CPL from appearing entirely,
or simply remove the
>Settings folder tab from being visible for those users.
>
>Please repost if we can help further.
>
>--
>Tim Springston
>Microsoft Corporation
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>"Matt" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:03b901c48c91$a4793550$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Why does the screen resolution change on computers when
>> users logon. We set the resolution to 1024x768 and
after
>> a reboot, the user logs in and the resolution changes
to
>> 1280x768
>
>
>.
>

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