Registry Setting for Lock on Screen Saver

Not sure if this is the right newsgroup for this, but didn't see any others
that looked like a better match.

In Win 7 64 (and many other versions), you can set Windows to lock or return
to the welcome screen after the screen saver kicks in. In Win 7, this is an
option on the Screen Saver control panel applet available through
Personalize ("On resume, display logon screen").

Is there either from the command line or through a registry setting to:

1. Set the screen saver
2. Specify how long to wait before the screen saver turns on
3. Turn on the "On resume, display logon screen" option

Specifically, I want to be able to provide a USB pen with a bunch of simple
double-click actions to config systems we assemble for our users, without
needing to go through the GUI steps each and every time.

I have these for setting the Power options and most other settings, but
couldn't find the commands or registry settings that controls screen saver
behavior or whether to lock the system or return to the Welcome screen after
resuming from the screen saver.

Ideally, these would be machine wide settings, rather than per-user, but
even per-user would be better than nothing.

Thanks for any help,
Colin

Ah, I think I found it:

HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop

and to set up for all future new users, just copy the ScreenSave keys into:

HK_Users\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop

or for existing users, into the relevant users in that same section.

- Colin



"Colin" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Not sure if this is the right newsgroup for this, but didn't see any
> others that looked like a better match.
>
> In Win 7 64 (and many other versions), you can set Windows to lock or
> return to the welcome screen after the screen saver kicks in. In Win 7,
> this is an option on the Screen Saver control panel applet available
> through Personalize ("On resume, display logon screen").
>
> Is there either from the command line or through a registry setting to:
>
> 1. Set the screen saver
> 2. Specify how long to wait before the screen saver turns on
> 3. Turn on the "On resume, display logon screen" option
>
> Specifically, I want to be able to provide a USB pen with a bunch of
> simple double-click actions to config systems we assemble for our users,
> without needing to go through the GUI steps each and every time.
>
> I have these for setting the Power options and most other settings, but
> couldn't find the commands or registry settings that controls screen saver
> behavior or whether to lock the system or return to the Welcome screen
> after resuming from the screen saver.
>
> Ideally, these would be machine wide settings, rather than per-user, but
> even per-user would be better than nothing.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Colin

Colin wrote:

> Not sure if this is the right newsgroup for this, but didn't see any
> others that looked like a better match.
>
> In Win 7 64 (and many other versions), you can set Windows to lock or
> return to the welcome screen after the screen saver kicks in. In Win
> 7, this is an option on the Screen Saver control panel applet
> available through Personalize ("On resume, display logon screen").
>
> Is there either from the command line or through a registry setting
> to:
>
> 1. Set the screen saver
> 2. Specify how long to wait before the screen saver turns on
> 3. Turn on the "On resume, display logon screen" option
>
> Specifically, I want to be able to provide a USB pen with a bunch of
> simple double-click actions to config systems we assemble for our
> users, without needing to go through the GUI steps each and every
> time.
>
> I have these for setting the Power options and most other settings,
> but couldn't find the commands or registry settings that controls
> screen saver behavior or whether to lock the system or return to the
> Welcome screen after resuming from the screen saver.
>
> Ideally, these would be machine wide settings, rather than per-user,
> but even per-user would be better than nothing.

Is this a corporate or network environment? If so, you should be using
Group Policy and/or Group Policy Preferences to manage this sort of
thing centrally.

--
Steve Foster
For SSL Certificates, Domains, etc, visit.:
https://netshop.virtual-isp.net

Note, don't set ScreenSave.exe in the default user account , or you will get
an error before login -- it will try to launch the default user's screen
saver if no one logs in or interacts with the computer before the timeout
period, but Direct3D is not running during the login process, so all you get
is an error message bouncing around the screen (like a text screen saver)
that reports Direct3D is not installed.

- Colin

"Colin" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Ah, I think I found it:
>
> HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop
>
> and to set up for all future new users, just copy the ScreenSave keys
> into:
>
> HK_Users\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop
>
> or for existing users, into the relevant users in that same section.
>
> - Colin
>
>
>
> "Colin" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Not sure if this is the right newsgroup for this, but didn't see any
>> others that looked like a better match.
>>
>> In Win 7 64 (and many other versions), you can set Windows to lock or
>> return to the welcome screen after the screen saver kicks in. In Win 7,
>> this is an option on the Screen Saver control panel applet available
>> through Personalize ("On resume, display logon screen").
>>
>> Is there either from the command line or through a registry setting to:
>>
>> 1. Set the screen saver
>> 2. Specify how long to wait before the screen saver turns on
>> 3. Turn on the "On resume, display logon screen" option
>>
>> Specifically, I want to be able to provide a USB pen with a bunch of
>> simple double-click actions to config systems we assemble for our users,
>> without needing to go through the GUI steps each and every time.
>>
>> I have these for setting the Power options and most other settings, but
>> couldn't find the commands or registry settings that controls screen
>> saver behavior or whether to lock the system or return to the Welcome
>> screen after resuming from the screen saver.
>>
>> Ideally, these would be machine wide settings, rather than per-user, but
>> even per-user would be better than nothing.
>>
>> Thanks for any help,
>> Colin
>

Systems will be running on their network, but not a domain-based network, so
no applicable group policy.

- Colin

"Steve Foster" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Colin wrote:
>
>> Not sure if this is the right newsgroup for this, but didn't see any
>> others that looked like a better match.
>>
>> In Win 7 64 (and many other versions), you can set Windows to lock or
>> return to the welcome screen after the screen saver kicks in. In Win
>> 7, this is an option on the Screen Saver control panel applet
>> available through Personalize ("On resume, display logon screen").
>>
>> Is there either from the command line or through a registry setting
>> to:
>>
>> 1. Set the screen saver
>> 2. Specify how long to wait before the screen saver turns on
>> 3. Turn on the "On resume, display logon screen" option
>>
>> Specifically, I want to be able to provide a USB pen with a bunch of
>> simple double-click actions to config systems we assemble for our
>> users, without needing to go through the GUI steps each and every
>> time.
>>
>> I have these for setting the Power options and most other settings,
>> but couldn't find the commands or registry settings that controls
>> screen saver behavior or whether to lock the system or return to the
>> Welcome screen after resuming from the screen saver.
>>
>> Ideally, these would be machine wide settings, rather than per-user,
>> but even per-user would be better than nothing.
>
> Is this a corporate or network environment? If so, you should be using
> Group Policy and/or Group Policy Preferences to manage this sort of
> thing centrally.
>
> --
> Steve Foster
> For SSL Certificates, Domains, etc, visit.:
> https://netshop.virtual-isp.net