Now, in the right pane, double click Force specific screen saver. Here you need to specify the name of the screen saver to be used. There is no default here, and so if this settings is not configured, the screen lock will not take place.
This sorts the files by file-type, so that all files of a type appear together. Scroll down until you see files of type ". Note one of the file names of type screen saver, such as "scrnsave" or "Bubbles. Now we need to type the complete path along with the extension ". This is the "blank screen" screen saver.
The above settings just cause the screen saver to kick in. To require the user to provide a password when they return after the screen saver started, we need to configure this fourth setting.
The above settings are sufficient to activate the screen lock after machine is idle for all users. However, some users may, inadvertently change the above settings from their individual Personalization settings such as under Lock Screen Settings.
They may not be wanting to bypass security but simply desire a different screen saver, but in the process accidentally remove the password requirement. Users may not be aware or not remember that the password requirement is part of your firm's security policy.
To prevent, or at least make it harder to, accidentally remove the screen saver and login requirements, a fifth setting may be configured. In the right pane of the Local Group Policy Editor window opened above, double-click "Prevent changing screen saver" and set it to enabled. All users who you do not trust to correctly configure security settings, either due to their role in your organization or due to their security expertise, should not be given an administrator account.
Set their account type to standard user. Administrator permissions allow changing all the above settings following the above steps. The above steps show how to manually configure each computer. Alternatively, if all your computers are domain joined, you can use a domain policy to configure the security settings on all computers, as explained here.
You may want the help of an IT professional in this case. Here is how to do this in Windows Get to the desktop. For instance, you could right click the taskbar at the bottom of your screen and select "Show the Desktop. Click "Screen saver settings" near the bottom. In the popup window that opens, in the box marked "Screen saver": Set the Wait entry in minutes, to say 10 or Make sure that you check the box for "On resume, display logon screen.
We recommend selecting Blank. Click OK to apply these settings and close the popup window. Relevant Settings We need to configure the following settings: enable screen saver screen saver timeout force specific screen saver password protect the screen saver.
Optionally, to prevent users from over-riding the above settings prevent changing screen saver The following explains how to do this in detail, with screenshots. Setting 2: Screen Saver Timeout Now in the right pane of the local group policy editor, double click Screen saver timeout. Under Screen saver, there is an option to wait for "x" minutes to show the log off screen See below. Note : This is a third-party link and we do not have any guarantees on this website. This is just for your convenience.
And Microsoft does not make any guarantees about the content. Hello, I have "On resume, display log-in screen" checked but my PC never locks after sitting idle.
This feature appears to be broken in Windows 10 build So you configure the timeout by configuring your screensaver option.
And to go back to the session you have to unlock with the user's password. In a nutshell, the user pairs its Bluetooth device with its PC and when the user steps away and the device is out of range, the OS locks.
Dynamic lock requires a bluetooth device be paired my smart phone , and I never got it to work reliably. I also do not see this as a viable workaround since I leave my phone on my desk next to my PC frequently, but still expect it to lock after some time away.
Multi-app Kiosk on Windows 10 via Assigned Access. EventcombMt is not working properly in my windows 10 system.
How do I stop Feature update from installing. Skip to main content. Find threads, tags, and users Hi there, All I need is quite simple but somehow I couldn't achieve it.
