Re: Ideas on screen saver oddity

Thanks for the reply Wes. The article that you reference on Microsoft Web
is referring toScreenSaverIsSecure in
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop. This entire
key does not exist is not in my registry.

One thing I forgot to mention in my original post. On my ScreenSaver
selection tab, the 'Password Protect' is NOT locked out. I can check or
un-check at will, but leaving it unchecked doesn't seem to work. A bunch of
articles that I've read - including these that you referenced - seem to
indicate that the setting of this value will disable the ability to uncheck
the 'Password Protect' box and that is not the behavior that I am
experiencing.

Like I said previously...every single occurance of ScreenSaverIsSecure in my
registry has a value of zero. Here are the keys where it exists:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy
Objects\LocalUser\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Control Panel\Desktop
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-19\Control Panel\Desktop
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Control Panel\Desktop
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-725345543-2052111302-527237240-23049\Control
Panel\Desktop
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-725345543-2052111302-527237240-23049\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group
Policy Objects\LocalUser\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control
Panel\Desktop

Any other thoughts?

Thanks for your help.

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OboO$P8QGHA.5808@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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 ]]
http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=437

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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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