*BLANK TERMINAL SERVICES SESSION AFTER TYPING SCREEN SAVER PASSWORD There
are many reasons not to use screen savers for Terminal Services sessions-not
least being that anything other than a blank screen eats processor time.
Additionally, according to Knowledge Base article 240060, password-protected
screen savers in Terminal Services sessions can cause the session to be lost
if the session is minimized while the screen saver is active. After you type
the password to continue working with the session, the client receives a
blank screen. The processes are still running on the Terminal Server, but
the session is not accessible. The session must be reset and a new session
started. When this happens, the only option is to disconnect the session or
have the administrator terminate it from Terminal Services Manager.
It may try to download a file so stop it & read the html page.
http://files32.com/download-3814-2.htm
Quick read:
http://www.rixler.com/keyboard_lock.htm
I was thinking of the above to 'lock YOUR' keyboard so I don't think it will
work as it appears to lock the whole computer. But the idea was for you to
forget about screen savers (as most screens don't need them now) so you
walking away simply locking your keyboard might work for your station but
still allow the system to keep running and others to access it via
GoToMyPC).
What does GoToMyPC have to say?
I would have thought this could be a very common question they get asked.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Milliner [mailto:tom.milliner@verizon.net]
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 10:07 PM
To: tom.milliner@verizon.net; focus-ms@securityfocus.com
Subject: Password Protected Screen Saver and Administrative Password
Does someone know a way to allow a normal user to release a
server password protected screen-saver without giving the
user the administrator password?
I need this so that third-party support can access our server
via GoToMyPC when I am not there. The password protected
screen-saver blocks them from remote access to fix problems.
I cannot always be on-site to assist by supplying the
screen-saver password.
Tom Milliner, CPA, MCSE
tom.milliner@verizon.net
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