How to lock Windows 7 workstation after inactivity via GPO (no screensaver or blank screen- just lock screen)
A brief Google search gives what you need:
Update:
The idea is that you are enabling the screensaver option, but instead of specifying a real screensaver, you just make Windows execute the following command:
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation
This only locks the workstation without actually launching a screensaver.
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Our users have increasingly started leaving their workstations logged in and unattended (during lunch breaks etc.)
To tackle the security threat this poses, we have enforced a password-protected screensaver via Group Policy.
The DC server is running SBS 2003, and the workstations are now mostly Windows 7 (a couple of XP PCs still).
Screensavers popping up can be a little distracting, and screens going completely blank after 30 minutes can be confusing for some users, so I would like to have the workstations simply lock after 30 minutes instead. The monitors will eventually power off (after 60 minutes).
Auto-locking is easy to set manually...
...but I can't see a way to do this in Group Policy.
Does anyone know of a way this can be achieved in this SBS 2003/ Windows 7 environment?