Re: Ideas on screen saver oddity

Delete ScreenSaverIsSecure

ScreenSaverIsSecure
[[Description
Determines whether a password protects the screen saver, and prevents users
from changing the password-protection setting.

Value Meaning
----------------------------------------
(Not in registry) Users can turn password-protection on and off.
0 Screen savers are not password-protected.
1 All screen savers are password-protected.

If this entry appears in the registry, the system disables the Password
protected check box on the Screen Saver tab in Display in Control Panel, so
users cannot change this setting.

Note
This entry takes precedence over a user setting. When this entry appears in
the registry, the system disables the Password protected check box and
ignores the value of the ScreenSaverIsSecure entry in the HKCU\Control
Panel\Desktop subkey, which stores the check box setting.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/93258.asp

Another explaination...
Password protect the screen saver
[[Determines whether screen savers used on the computer are password
protected. If you enable this setting, all screen savers are password
protected. If you disable this setting, password protection cannot be set on
any screen saver. This setting also disables the Password protected check
box on the Screen Saver tab in Display in Control Panel, preventing users
from changing the password protection setting. If you do not configure this
setting, users can choose whether or not to set password protection on each
screen saver. To ensure that a computer will be password protected, also
enable the Screen Saver setting and specify a timeout via the Screen Saver
timeout setting. Note: To remove the Screen Saver tab, use the Hide Screen
Saver tab setting.
Registry Settings: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\
Control Panel\Desktop!ScreenSaverIsSecure ]]
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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:rtGdnQY14LIYAI3ZnZ2dnUVZ_v2dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx,
VC <me@xxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Hello. If anybody has any ideas on this, it would be greatly appreciated.

I am running Windows XP, SP2

I have no entries in HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control
Panel\Desktop

HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaverIsSecure = 0

Every occurance of ScreenSaverIsSecure in my registry has a value of 0.
Yet...whenever my screen saver kicks in, it is password protected.

Any other areas to look? Any other registry keys to search for? I have
viewed everything that starts with 'screensave'. Don't know what else to
look for......

Thanks.

.

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