ScreenSaver Timeout (Windows)

Module: Account Integrity

Supported Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP

This check reports accounts where the screen saver timeout exceeds the timeout specified in your policy. This check will also report if the screensaver timeout could not be retrieved because has not been set. This check only applies to domain accounts where a domain policy was pushed to the workstation. You can use the name list to include or exclude users or security groups that are not already included or excluded by the Users to check option.

The following table lists the error messages for the check.

Table: Error messages for ScreenSaver Timeout

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: ESM_SCRSVR_TIMEOUT_INVALID

Category: Policy Compliance

  • Windows 2000 (105963)

  • Windows 2003 (205966)

  • Windows 2008 (248966)

  • Windows Vista (228958)

  • Windows XP (200958)

Title: Invalid ScreenSaver Timeout

Description:The screensaver timeout on the specified user is less than the expected one.

Severity: red-4

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: ESM_SCRSVR_TIMEOUT_NOT_FOUND

Category: Policy Compliance

  • Windows 2000 (105964)

  • Windows 2003 (205967)

  • Windows 2008 (248967)

  • Windows Vista (228959)

  • Windows XP (200959)

Title: ScreenSaver Timeout not found

Description:The screensaver timeout on the specified user was not found.

Severity: red-4

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: ESM_SCRSVR_NOT_ACTIVE

Category: Policy Compliance

  • Windows 2000 (105965)

  • Windows 2003 (205968)

  • Windows 2008 (248968)

  • Windows Vista (228960)

  • Windows XP (200960)

Title: ScreenSaver not active

Description:The screensaver is not active on the specified user and the timeout value cannot be accessed.

Severity: red-4

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: ESM_SCRSVR_NOT_CONFIGURED

Category: Policy Compliance

  • Windows 2000 (105969)

  • Windows 2003 (205972)

  • Windows 2008 (248972)

  • Windows Vista (228964)

  • Windows XP (200964)

Title: ScreenSaver not configured by Group Policy

Description:The screensaver is not cofigured by Group Policy.

Severity: red-4

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]