For example if you want to set the time out to 20 minutes you need to change the value of this registry key to 1200. Set the data in the registry value ScreenSaveTimeOut to the timeout limit in seconds. To change timeout for activating the screen saver. On another machine which is part of the domain in my lab I opened command prompt and run – gpupdate /forceĪfter refreshing of the Group Policy finished, I opened Control Panel | Power Options | and clicked on Change plan settings on my preferred power plan, and here we are, turn off the display is disabled.īy setting this option through group policy I automatically set this option on all my machines in the lab (of course machine needs to be part of the domain). Reg add 'HKEYCURRENTUSERControl PanelDesktop' /v ScreenSaveActive /t REGSZ /d 1 /f. Select Enabled and under Options: Turn Off the Display enter 0 (zero) – this will disable Auto lock. *I would recommend creating new containers (OUs) when adding new group policy rules.įrom Computer Configuration choose | Policies | Administrative Templates | System | Power Management | Video and Display Settings | double click on Turn off the display (plugged in) setting The managers have mandated and we have set up a GPO to turn on the screen saver after x number minutes and have it applied to all users and have diabled the. Right click on Default Domain Policy* and click on Edit Select Enabled and set the setting showing Number of seconds to enable the screen saver to the number of seconds of inactivity after which you want the screen to lock. I’m doing this on my Windows Server 2019 lab on DC (domain controller) via Domain Group Policy. Setting 2: Screen Saver Timeout Now in the right pane of the local group policy editor, double click Screen saver timeout. So, for every one of my new test labs I have few things that I configure first, one of them is disabling Turn Off Display Setting via Group Policy. I usually do multiple things in my test labs – reading something, watching a tutorial, and then I want to quickly try new PowerShell trick or some new option I learned – I look at my screen, and surprise – every one of my lab machines is locked – that tricks gets old fast if you are often distracted while testing and learning. It is lovely feature for enhanced security, and I recommend living with it in production environment, but for my testing scenarios, I get quickly annoyed by it. On the Internet, many twigs are walking to change the screensaver, but authors have.

One of the things that I’m battling for years – lock screen on Windows Server 2012/2016/2019. How to Disable Lock Screen in Windows 10: Group Policy Editor.

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