ScreenSaver password protected (Windows)

Module: Account Integrity

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

This check reports accounts where the screen saver is enabled with password protect on resume. This check will also report if the screensaver password protect 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 password protected

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: ESM_SCRSVR_PSSWDPROTECT_NOT_ENABLED

Category: Policy Compliance

  • Windows 2000 (105967)

  • Windows 2003 (205970)

  • Windows 2008 (248970)

  • Windows Vista (228962)

  • Windows XP (200962)

Title: ScreenSaver password protect not enabled

Description:The screensaver password protect on resume feature for the specified user is not enabled.

Severity: red-4

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: ESM_SCRSVR_PSSWDPROTECT_NOT_FOUND

Category: Policy Compliance

  • Windows 2000 (105968)

  • Windows 2003 (205971)

  • Windows 2008 (248971)

  • Windows Vista (228963)

  • Windows XP (200963)

Title: ScreenSaver password protect not found

Description:The screensaver password protect on resume feature for 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]