Screen Saver Password Protection Policy (Windows 2000/XP)

Registry Guide for Windows
Part of the WinGuides Network

Registry tweaks, tricks & hacks to optimize, enhance and secure Microsoft Windows.

Screen Saver Password Protection Policy (Windows 2000/XP)
Category: Home > Security > Desktop and Explorer

This tweak can be easily applied using WinGuides Tweak Manager.
Download a free trial now!

This restriction determines whether the screen saver is password protected and prevents users from changing the password-protection setting.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD valued called "ScreenSaverIsSecure" and set it to a value from the table below.

(Not in registry) - Users can turn password-protection on and off.

0 - Screen savers are not password-protected.

1 - All screen savers are password-protected.

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
ScreenSaverIsSecure	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\
Desktop]
Name: ScreenSaverIsSecure
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: September 30, 2002

Return to Index