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More info?)
If your IT department is enforcing group policies, then no. The policies applied at the domain level override any local settings.
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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"zbender71" <zbender71@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8C0B73D4-6871-4D75-9467-25227E982986@microsoft.com...
> Right, I've tried that, and I have my computer currently set to no screen
> saver, and it's set to be "always on". I cannot change the 15 minute delay or
> "on resume, password protect" options, even with a screen saver. My laptop is
> normally hooked up to a LAN (not currently, however), so I'm not sure if this
> is some sort of security measure set up by the IS dept. Is there anything
> else I can do?
>
> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:
>
>> Control Panel, Display, Screen Saver.
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>> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
>> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>>
http://www.dougknox.com
>> --------------------------------
>> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
>>
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
>> --------------------------------
>> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>>
>> "zbender71" <zbender71@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news
6FF0DC0-DE21-4D21-982A-08E38715BAE8@microsoft.com...
>> > My computer is running XP, and is set to automatically lock up if left idle
>> > for (I believe) 15 minutes. How can I change this setting? I'd like to turn
>> > this feature off to allow myself to, for example, sit back and watch a movie
>> > on my laptop without having to jump up and wave my mouse around every 10
>> > minutes. Thanks!
>>
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