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Posted by Keme on April 5, 2005, 1:26 am
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infoeon@gmail.com wrote:
> I am using one of the default screen savers that came with windows and
> my timeout is set to 10 minutes. Within the past month though I have
> noticed a disturbing change. When I check the screen saver settings
> under 'Display Properties' the timeout has been changed to 180 minutes.
> When I check the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
> Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaveTimeout key it still states 10 minutes (value
> of 600 seconds). What is worse is that even after 180 minutes the
> screen saver never activates.
>
> Obviously, this is a huge security risk. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
>
Log out/lock your workstation manually when leaving the workplace.
Lock the door of your office if you work with sensitive data.
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