Re: Ideas on screen saver oddity

It says "on resume, password protect".

Thanks for the response again and for the heads-up on that one registry key
that you don't have. I couldn't find it in the MSDN library either. It is
possible that my employer has pushed it there through some convoluted group
policy. That could be causing the problem. Not sure, though. Very
frustrating to be working alone at home and have to enter my stupid password
whenver my screen saver kicks in.


"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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VC,

I really do not have any earthly idea.

Here's a little info anyway.

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT stores the profile used when no users are logged on to
the computer. Also new accounts are built from this, using the info as a
default user profile. I.e. %HOMEDRIVE%Documents and Settings\Default User

S-1-5-18 is the System (or LocalSystem).

S-1-5-19 is the LocalService. LocalService is the NT Authority\Local
Service user account, the Windows XP System account. I.e.
%HOMEDRIVE%Documents and Settings\LocalService

S-1-5-20 is the NetworkService. I.e %HOMEDRIVE%Documents and
Settings\NetworkService

S-1-5-21-725345543-2052111302-527237240-23049 must be your SID. I.e.
%userprofile% or %HOMEDRIVE%Documents and Settings\Your Name

I do not have the following key. I could only find one reference to this
key and I had to translate it from French.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy
Objects\LocalUser\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control
Panel\Desktop

As close as I come is...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy

Also...
Any changes made in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive will also be made in the
corresponding keys in
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-725345543-2052111302-527237240-23049.
And vice versa.

The HKEY_CURRENT_USER subtree contains the user profile for the user who
is
currently logged on to the computer.

The information in HKEY_CURRENT_USER is built from the HKEY_USERS key
during
the logon process. Therefore, all information found in the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER key is a copy of the subkey HKEY_USERS\username, where
username is the name of the active user (or Default).

I did tate that I really do not know.

Under your Screen Saver tab, do you see On resume, password protect or On
resume, display Welcome screen?

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:BI-dnceWdNZQGIzZnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx,
VC <me@xxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
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
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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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