This tip shows how to configure the screen saver timeout in the registry. The core installation of Windows Server does not have the familiar display or personalization settings configuration that we have become comfortable with in prior versions of Windows and the full install versions of Windows Server You can configure the screen saver timeout in the Windows registry for Core systems.
Depending on the current configuration, a group policy object may have pushed down a different configuration in Active Directory and Group Policy environments.
To set a timeout value, simply run Regedit from the core prompt and browse to this location in the registry. From there, you can open up the ScreenSaveTimeOut value and tweak the default value of 10 minutes. These settings are not new to Windows Core Editions, but configuring these values in this fashion may be new for administrators.
Another approach is the traditional Group Policy configuration, where domain membership and organizational unit placement will configure these settings centrally. This approach to the configuration is good for workgroup or standalone systems. In this example i will set the idle time to seconds, which means if the computer is idle for seconds the screen saver will be shown.
Click on Apply and OK. Double click the policy setting Force specific screen saver. This setting if enabled displays the screen saver specified in the policy setting. Click on Enabled, provide the path in textbox , where the screen saver file is located.
Double click the setting Password protect the screen saver and click on Enabled. Click Apply and OK. Now you will see after inactivity of specific time, our system will got locked and screensaver will be displayed, if not working, Try updating Group policy. I already have a screen saver configured on the physical computer; I don't need one on a virtual machine but group policy prevents me from disabling it.
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Navigation Blog Software Contact I guess many people know the issue of having a screen saver forced active after a some time through a group policy in a corporate environment.
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