HOWTO: How to Set a Screen Saver Through a System Policy

• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

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.

1. 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.



2. Open System Policy Editor and click Options and then click Policy Template.



3. Add Scrsave.adm to the listed template files.



4. The additional options will show under any user or group in the policy, with a label of "Screen Saver Policies."

   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 

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q161334 Guide To Windows NT 4.0 Profiles and Policies (Part 1 of 6)

Q185589 Guide To Windows NT 4.0 Profiles and Policies (Part 4 of 6)

Keywords : ntdomain ntsecurity
Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbhowto