Article ID: 195655
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
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SUMMARY
The options that are available to system policies can be enhanced through incorporating user-defined .adm files. The following .adm file will add the ability to configure screen saver options through a system policy.
MORE INFORMATION
This policy enables three options in the user-based portion of a policy:
- The choice of screen saver.
- Enabling the screen saver.
- Enabling the password for the screen saver.
The screen saver will use the Default Wait time of 15 minutes. To use this policy, perform the following steps:
- Enter the text below that is between the rows of hyphens (-) into a text file and save it as Scrsave.adm in the Winnt\Inf folder.
- Open System Policy Editor and click Options and then click Policy Template.
- Add Scrsave.adm to the listed template files.
- The additional options will show under any user or group in the policy, with a label of "Screen Saver Policies."
Scrsave.adm <start>
CLASS USER
CATEGORY !!Screen_Saver_Policy
POLICY !!Screen_Saver
KEYNAME "Control Panel\Desktop"
PART !!Screen_Saver_Location EDITTEXT
DEFAULT !!DEF_SCREEN_SAVER
VALUENAME SCRNSAVE.EXE
END PART
END POLICY
POLICY !!ENABLE_SCREEN_SAVER
KEYNAME "Control Panel\Desktop"
VALUENAME ScreenSaveActive
VALUEON "1" VALUEOFF "0"
END POLICY
POLICY !!ENABLE_Password
KEYNAME "Control Panel\Desktop"
VALUENAME ScreenSaverIsSecure
VALUEON "1" VALUEOFF "0"
END POLICY
END CATEGORY
[strings]
Screen_Saver_Policy="Screen Saver Policies"
Screen_Saver="Screen Saver"
ENABLE_SCREEN_SAVER="Enable Screen Saver"
Screen_Saver_Location="Enter the location of the Screen Saver"
DEF_Screen_Saver="%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\logon.scr"
ENABLE_Password=Enable Password
Scrsave.adm <end>
For setting the amount of system idle time after which the screen saver will start:
In the CATEGORY !!Screen_Saver_Policy section add:
POLICY !!SCREEN_SAVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT
KEYNAME "Control Panel\Desktop"
VALUENAME ScreenSaveTimeout
VALUEON "600"
END POLICY
In the [strings] section add:
SCREEN_SAVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT="Screen Saver Activation Timeout"
REFERENCES
For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
161334 Guide To Windows NT 4.0 Profiles and Policies (Part 1 of 6)
185589 Guide To Windows NT 4.0 Profiles and Policies (Part 4 of 6)
For additional information, please also see the Windows 95 Resource Kit, pages 518-524.
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