Lock pc via GPO

Ish

Ish

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Hi

Is is possible for a pc to auto lock after 5 mins of being idle using GPO using SBS2011.
 
Yes you can, use GPO to enabled the screen saver to come on and password protect...

Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display...

Hide Screen Saver tab = Enabled
Password protect the screen saver = Enabled
Screen saver = Enabled
Screen Saver executable name = %windir%\system32\logon.scr
Screen saver timeout = 300

After 5 minutes, the screen saver will run and the logged on user will be asked for their password to unlock the machine..
 
This thread reminds me of the old trick where you inserted a CD with an autorun command to kill the screensaver, thus bypassing the password :p
 
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