Screensaver and power schemes ineffective when logged out

External Since: Aug 01, 2006 Posts: 4

I have been editing HKEY_CURRENT_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop
settings to try and make the screen saver I have chosen, Marquee, and
the
monitor power down settings take effect. Whatever values I put in the
ScreenSaveActive and PowerOffActive values are ignored. I have a lab of

hundreds of PCs all running Windows XP Pro + SP2 + fully patched and
none of
them ever load the screensaver or power down unless a user is logged
in. If
logged in everything works fine, but most of the time these PCs are not
in
use and it's wasting a lot of electricity by keeping the monitors
active.

I have novell client and the computers autologin to Active Directory.
The student logs in as themselves into Novell. Like I said before, when
logged in, screen saver works. When logged out, doesn't activate.

Please assist.

Layna Larson
ERAU

External Since: Sep 24, 2004 Posts: 595

Try this key

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

How To Change the Windows Logon Screen Saver in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/scrnsave.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:1154444679.174178.128650@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
LaynaIT <LarsonFam RemoveThis @gmail.com> hunted and pecked:
> I have been editing HKEY_CURRENT_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop
> settings to try and make the screen saver I have chosen, Marquee, and
> the
> monitor power down settings take effect. Whatever values I put in the
> ScreenSaveActive and PowerOffActive values are ignored. I have a lab of
>
> hundreds of PCs all running Windows XP Pro + SP2 + fully patched and
> none of
> them ever load the screensaver or power down unless a user is logged
> in. If
> logged in everything works fine, but most of the time these PCs are not
> in
> use and it's wasting a lot of electricity by keeping the monitors
> active.
>
> I have novell client and the computers autologin to Active Directory.
> The student logs in as themselves into Novell. Like I said before, when
> logged in, screen saver works. When logged out, doesn't activate.
>
> Please assist.
>
> Layna Larson
> ERAU