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Issue With Power Settings/Screensaver GPO & Windows 8

Answered Issue With Power Settings/Screensaver GPO & Windows 8

  • Thursday, January 17, 2013 8:47 PM
     
     
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    I have a power settings GPO set with the following settings:

    - Turn off the display after 15 minutes

    I also have a screensaver GPO that turns on the blank screensaver after 30 minutes.  It's set to display the logon screen on resume.  Users are part of a security group for the 30 minute screensaver.

    In Windows XP & Windows 7, this works flawlessly. After 30 minutes the user is displayed the logon screen.  On my Windows 8 computers, I find that the policies & settings are properly applied but the logon screen is displayed after only 15 minutes.  The only thing I have set to 15 minutes is the above GPO to turn off the monitor.

    I can't seem to figure out why this is happening.  Any ideas?

     

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  • Friday, January 18, 2013 10:11 AM
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    Hi,

    Before going further, would you please let me know how did you configure the two GPO settings? I suggest you could collect the following information for troubleshooting.

    GPMC.log

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    a. On domain controller, click Start ->Run, type GPMC.MSC, it will load the GPMC console.

    b. Right click on "Group Policy Result" and choose wizard to generate a report for the problematic computer and user account (please place appropriately). (Choose computer and select the proper user in the wizard)

    c. Right click  the resulting group policy result and click the "Save Report…" => save report to save the report to a HTML file.

    In addition, I suggest we could refer to the following articles to reset the screensaver via Group Policy to see if it could resolve the issue.

    Forcing Afterhours User Logoffs

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2010/08/24/forcing-afterhours-user-logoffs.aspx

    Setting workstation logoff/lockout time via Group Policy (GPO)

    http://msmvps.com/blogs/kwsupport/archive/2004/09/01/12709.aspx

    Best Regards,

    Andy Qi

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  • Friday, January 18, 2013 2:54 PM
     
     
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    Group Policy Results

    MYDOMAIN\myaccount on MYDOMAIN\MYCOMPUTER

    Data collected on: 01/18/2013 8:36:51 AM

    Summary

    Computer Configuration Summary

    General

    Computer name

    MYDOMAIN\MYCOMPUTER

    Domain

    MyDomain.local

    Site

    Default-First-Site-Name

    Last time Group Policy was processed

    01/18/2013 8:25:40 AM

    Group Policy Objects

    Applied GPOs

    Name

    Link Location

    Revision

    Local Group Policy

    Local

    AD (6), Sysvol (6)

    Default Domain Policy

    MyDomain.local

    AD (57), Sysvol (57)

    Power Settings

    MyDomain.local/MyCompany/MyCompany - Computers

    AD (3), Sysvol (3)

    Denied GPOs

    Name

    Link Location

    Reason Denied

    Adobe Reader - Disable Duplex Printing By Default

    MyDomain.local/MyCompany/MyCompany - Computers

    Disabled GPO

    {61D17F04-6DBE-42AD-8AD2-9DBEF11D3525}

    MyDomain.local/MyCompany/MyCompany - Computers

    Inaccessible

    Security Group Membership when Group Policy was applied

    BUILTIN\Administrators Everyone BUILTIN\Users NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users NT AUTHORITY\This Organization MYDOMAIN\MYCOMPUTER$ MYDOMAIN\Domain Computers Mandatory Label\System Mandatory Level

    WMI Filters

    Name

    Value

    Reference GPO(s)

    None

    Component Status Warning

    Component Name

    Status

    Last Process Time

    Group Policy Infrastructure

    Success

    01/18/2013 8:25:41 AM

    Group Policy Local Users and Groups

    Success

    01/18/2013 8:25:40 AM

    Group Policy Power Options

    Success

    01/18/2013 8:25:41 AM

    Registry

    Success

    01/17/2013 3:05:40 PM

    Security

    Success

    01/15/2013 11:03:36 AM

    Software Installation

    Pending

    01/18/2013 8:25:41 AM

    Software Installation did not complete policy processing because a system restart is required for the settings to be applied. Group Policy will attempt to apply the settings the next time the computer is restarted. Additional information may have been logged. Review the Policy Events tab in the console or the application event log for events between 01/18/2013 8:25:41 AM and 01/18/2013 8:25:41 AM.
     
  • Friday, January 18, 2013 2:55 PM
     
     
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    User Configuration Summary

    General

    User name

    MYDOMAIN\myaccount

    Domain

    MyDomain.local

    Last time Group Policy was processed

    01/18/2013 7:50:44 AM

    Group Policy Objects

    Applied GPOs

    Name

    Link Location

    Revision

    Default Domain Policy

    MyDomain.local

    AD (3), Sysvol (3)

    Screensaver - 30 Minutes

    MyDomain.local/MyCompany/MyCompany - Active Users

    AD (6), Sysvol (6)

    Denied GPOs

    Name

    Link Location

    Reason Denied

    Local Group Policy

    Local

    Empty

    Screensaver - 5 Minutes

    MyDomain.local/MyCompany/MyCompany - Active Users

    Access Denied (Security Filtering)

    Security Group Membership when Group Policy was applied

    MYDOMAIN\Domain Users Everyone BUILTIN\Remote Desktop Users BUILTIN\Users BUILTIN\Administrators NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE CONSOLE LOGON NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users NT AUTHORITY\This Organization LOCAL MYDOMAIN\Domain Admins MYDOMAIN\Screensaver Lockout - 30 Minutes MYDOMAIN\IT Users MYDOMAIN\Group Policy Creator Owners MYDOMAIN\Enterprise Admins MYDOMAIN\Schema Admins MYDOMAIN\Offer Remote Assistance Helpers MYDOMAIN\Denied RODC Password Replication Group MYDOMAIN\IIS_WPG Mandatory Label\High Mandatory Level

    WMI Filters

    Name

    Value

    Reference GPO(s)

    None

    Component Status

    Component Name

    Status

    Last Process Time

    Group Policy Infrastructure

    Success

    01/18/2013 7:50:45 AM

    Folder Redirection

    Success

    01/15/2013 11:06:04 AM

    Group Policy Registry

    Success

    01/15/2013 11:06:05 AM

    Registry

    Success

    01/15/2013 11:03:37 AM

    Scripts

    Success

    01/15/2013 11:06:04 AM
     
  • Friday, January 18, 2013 2:55 PM
     
     
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    Computer Configuration

    Policies

    System/Power Management/Sleep Settings

    Policy

    Setting

    Winning GPO

    Turn Off Hybrid Sleep (Plugged In)

    Enabled

    Power Settings

    Preferences

    Control Panel Settings

    Power Options

    Power Plan (Windows Vista) (Name: Prairie Plant)

    The following settings have applied to this object. Within this category, settings nearest the top of the report are the prevailing settings when resolving conflicts.

    Power Plan (Windows Vista and later)

    Winning GPO

    Power Settings

    Result: Success

    Properties

    Action

    Update

    Make this the active Power Plan:

    Enabled

    Name

    Prairie Plant

     

    When computer is:

    Plugged in

    Running on batteries

    Require a password on wakeup:

    Yes

    Yes

    Turn off hard disk after:

    Never

    Never

    Sleep after:

    Never

    Never

    Allow hybrid sleep:

    Off

    Off

    Hibernate after:

    Never

    Never

    Lid close action:

    Sleep

    Sleep

    Power button action:

    Shutdown

    Shutdown

    Start menu power button:

    Shutdown

    Shutdown

    Link State Power Management:

    Moderate power savings

    Maximum power savings

    Minimum processor state:

    5%

    5%

    Maximum processor state:

    100%

    100%

    Turn off display after:

    After 15 minutes

    After 5 minutes

    Adaptive display:

    On

    On

    Critical battery action:

    Do nothing

    Hibernate

    Low battery level:

    After 10 minutes

    After 10 minutes

    Critical battery level:

    After 5 minutes

    After 5 minutes

    Low battery notification:

    Off

    Off

    Low battery action:

    Do nothing

    Do nothing

    User Configuration

    Policies

    Control Panel/Personalization

    Policy

    Setting

    Winning GPO

    Enable screen saver

    Enabled

    Screensaver - 30 Minutes

    Force specific screen saver

    Enabled

    Screensaver - 30 Minutes

    Screen saver executable name

    C:\Windows\System32\scrnsave.scr

    Policy

    Setting

    Winning GPO

    Password protect the screen saver

    Enabled

    Screensaver - 30 Minutes

    Screen saver timeout

    Enabled

    Screensaver - 30 Minutes

    Number of seconds to wait to enable the screen saver

    Seconds:

    1800
     
  • Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:35 PM
     
     
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    In Windows 8 the screen saver time out is located here:

    Open GPO: User\Administrative Template\Control Panel\Personalization

    Key: Screen Saver Timeout

    Value: 1 to 86400 Sec.

    I don’t see these settings within your GOP.

     
  • Tuesday, January 29, 2013 5:51 PM
     
     
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    In Windows 8 the screen saver time out is located here:

    Open GPO: User\Administrative Template\Control Panel\Personalization

    Key: Screen Saver Timeout

    Value: 1 to 86400 Sec.

    I don’t see these settings within your GOP.

    It's there:

    User Configuration

    Policies

    Control Panel/Personalization

    Policy

    Setting

    Winning GPO

    Enable screen saver

    Enabled

    Screensaver - 30 Minutes

    Force specific screen saver

    Enabled

    Screensaver - 30 Minutes

    Screen saver executable name

    C:\Windows\System32\scrnsave.scr

    Policy

    Setting

    Winning GPO

    Password protect the screen saver

    Enabled

    Screensaver - 30 Minutes

    Screen saver timeout

    Enabled

    Screensaver - 30 Minutes

    Number of seconds to wait to enable the screen saver

    Seconds:

    1800

     
  • Tuesday, January 29, 2013 6:16 PM
     
     
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    Ok, now I see it :D Sorry.

    Do you also have a Windows 2012 domain controller installed within your 2008 environment?

     
  • Tuesday, January 29, 2013 9:10 PM
     
     
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    Ok, now I see it :D Sorry.

    Do you also have a Windows 2012 domain controller installed within your 2008 environment?

    No.  I have a 2008 Server & 2008 R2 server.
     
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  • Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:43 PM
     
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    Resolved myself...
    • Marked As Answer by MRM316 Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:43 PM
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