Always get Blank Screensaver with Remote Desktop

[MartyGold]

I am connectiong to a Windows 2003 Server using a Remote Desktop Connection. I have

just installed Terminal Server and have not set any GPOs. After a minute the blank screensaver

kicks in regardless of what screensaver I have selected.

For example, I have selected the Marquee Screensaver. When I log on the the actual server the marquee

kicks in no problem, however, when I log in using the same account using Remote Desktop Connection

the blank screensaver (scrnsaver.scr) kicks in instead.

Does anyone know how I can get it to use the marquee screensaver even when I am logged in remotely?

mArty

[cluberti]

This is a design of the terminal services portion of the server, not the client. If you do not configure group policy, the terminal server will kick the screensaver off after a minute or two, depending on your idle time and server load. If you configure group policy with screen saver options, it will use those up to 10 minutes - anything over 10 minutes will be ignored, and the screensaver will kick in after 10 minutes. You also cannot change the screensaver - it is configured within the terminal services of the server to only use the default Windows screensaver.

Any reason you'd want to use a busy screensaver like marquee? That's a lot of network traffic to display a screensaver, when likely no one at the other end is even there to see it!

Sorry, but the behavior you are seeing is "by design". If you need more functionality, use a Citrix server.