A technician, who was signed in to a Windows 10 computer as local administrator, accessed the Local Security Policy console and changed the Lock Screen timeout from 10 minutes to 60 minutes. After the technician completed the change, the user signed in to AD and discovered that the setting had reverted to 10 minutes.
What can the technician do to keep the setting from reverting from 60 minutes to 10 minutes?
A) The Lock Screen timeout of 60 minutes is not within the allowable range.
B) The technician should run the gpupdate /f command on the local computer.
C) The Lock Screen timeout setting needs to be made in the AD OU GPO.
D) The Lock Screen timeout policy does not apply to Windows 10.

Question

A technician, who was signed in to a Windows 10 computer as local administrator, accessed the Local Security Policy console and changed the Lock Screen timeout from 10 minutes to 60 minutes. After the technician completed the change, the user signed in to AD and discovered that the setting had reverted to 10 minutes.  
What can the technician do to keep the setting from reverting from 60 minutes to 10 minutes?
A) The Lock Screen timeout of 60 minutes is not within the allowable range.
B) The technician should run the gpupdate /f command on the local computer.
C) The Lock Screen timeout setting needs to be made in the AD OU GPO.
D) The Lock Screen timeout policy does not apply to Windows 10.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The setting is likely being overridden by a Group Policy Object (GPO) applied to the Active Directory Organizational Unit (OU). The technician needs to change the setting in the AD OU GPO to ensure it persists.

A Technician, Who Was Signed in to a Windows 10