GPO Lock Screen Server 2019

Question

I have a GPO setup to enforce lock screen after 600 seconds. The policy is present on 5 Windows 10 workstations. The problem is the policy is only working on 3 of the 5 workstations.

I ran gpresult /h gpreport.html on the workstations that are not working and the result show that the policy is applied. Anyone have a clue why the policy will not function?

Thanks for any insight

Rick

Answer 1

Might try generating the powercfg trace here to see what's interrupting the screen lock
https://superuser.com/questions/387627/any-way-to-detect-what-is-disabling-the-screensaver/1201080

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Answer 2

Hi,
To know the issue more clearly, would you please tell all the GPOs you set related to the screen saver?
If possible , please share a screenshot of the gpresult /h report.html
Did the registry for screensavertimeout was changed correctly?

Also,did you deploy the group policy :Force a specific default lock screen image under Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Personalization
What's the version for all the WIN10 workstations?
Based on my research, In Windows 10, version 1607, the Group Policy :Force a specific default lock screen image apply only to Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education.

Group Policy settings that apply only to Windows 10 Enterprise and Education Editions

In this situation , you can consider Change Lock Screen and Desktop Background in Windows 10 Pro through a script
Best Regards,

Answer 3

Hi,

Based on my research, it is a user based policy.
Make sure you applied the policies to user container not the computer container.

I would suggest you try the following settings at the same time and check if it works.