Windows 10 idle lock timer; 15 minutes

black3dynamite

New-ItemProperty `
-Path "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" `
-Name "InactivityTimeoutSecs" `
-PropertyType "DWord" `
-Value "0"

NerdyDad

I know you said they are trying to go serverless, but how about Salt or Ansible?

Dashrender

@nerdydad said in Windows 10 idle lock timer; 15 minutes:

I know you said they are trying to go serverless, but how about Salt or Ansible?

Good question - he could just as easily use Intune or an MDM solution (like SodiumSuite).

Texkonc

@dbeato said in Windows 10 idle lock timer; 15 minutes:

Not even this?

powercfg.exe /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_VIDEO VIDEOCONLOCK 300

or

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE 
Registry Path: \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\

Value Name: InactivityTimeoutSecs

Value Type: REG_DWORD
VALUE: 300

Nope and Nope.

Texkonc

@black3dynamite said in Windows 10 idle lock timer; 15 minutes:

New-ItemProperty `
-Path "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" `
-Name "InactivityTimeoutSecs" `
-PropertyType "DWord" `
-Value "0"

Nope.

Texkonc

@dashrender said in Windows 10 idle lock timer; 15 minutes:

@nerdydad said in Windows 10 idle lock timer; 15 minutes:

I know you said they are trying to go serverless, but how about Salt or Ansible?

Good question - he could just as easily use Intune or an MDM solution (like SodiumSuite).

Intune cost extra.

scottalanmiller

@texkonc said in Windows 10 idle lock timer; 15 minutes:

@dashrender said in Windows 10 idle lock timer; 15 minutes:

@nerdydad said in Windows 10 idle lock timer; 15 minutes:

I know you said they are trying to go serverless, but how about Salt or Ansible?

Good question - he could just as easily use Intune or an MDM solution (like SodiumSuite).

Intune cost extra.

A lot extra.

Dashrender

Have you looked through a system that does have GPO to find the manner in which it is applying this update?

Dashrender

I created a new GPO, made this setting:

https://i.imgur.com/9VHgdDy.png

Then found the UID for the policy

https://i.imgur.com/9301ycG.png

Found the policy
https://i.imgur.com/utLxTaZ.png

Unicode=yes
[Version]
signature="$CHICAGO$"
Revision=1
[Registry Values]
MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\InactivityTimeoutSecs=4,900

Dashrender

This points to the same place that others have pointed out, but seems to have two values 4 and 900, I'm assuming it's to set the type.