Where are the registry setting for the screen saver?

I was asked to change every system @ work to a standard screen saver. I
thought this would be easy but I have came across a snaffu.

We are in a NT 4 domain so I am unable to use AD. I could use a local GPO
but we already are using custom GPO's on several systems and I would run
into issues of managing all of them

I would like to find the proper registry settings so that I can change the
screen saver settings for EVERY user that signs on. I looked thru the
HKey_users and HKey_current_user sections but no good. I found the article
on how to change the SIGNON screensaver but that's not the same.

I searched thru the registry for the value of my current screensaver but it
returned no results (Starfield)

Thanks!

[John]

Can it not be done through the users profiles?

<Karl> wrote in message ...
> I was asked to change every system @ work to a standard screen saver. I
> thought this would be easy but I have came across a snaffu.
>
> We are in a NT 4 domain so I am unable to use AD. I could use a local GPO
> but we already are using custom GPO's on several systems and I would run
> into issues of managing all of them
>
> I would like to find the proper registry settings so that I can change the
> screen saver settings for EVERY user that signs on. I looked thru the
> HKey_users and HKey_current_user sections but no good. I found the
article
> on how to change the SIGNON screensaver but that's not the same.
>
> I searched thru the registry for the value of my current screensaver but
it
> returned no results (Starfield)
>
> Thanks!
>
>

[Keith Miller]

If set normally, it's found here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Value
Name: SCRNSAVE.EXE
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\WINDOWS\System32\ssstars.scr

to prevent users from changing it, set it here:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Wind ows\Control =
Panel\Desktop]
"SCRNSAVE.EXE"=3D"ssstars.scr"




<Karl> wrote in message ...
> I was asked to change every system @ work to a standard screen saver. =
I
> thought this would be easy but I have came across a snaffu.
>=20
> We are in a NT 4 domain so I am unable to use AD. I could use a local =
GPO
> but we already are using custom GPO's on several systems and I would =
run
> into issues of managing all of them
>=20
> I would like to find the proper registry settings so that I can change =
the
> screen saver settings for EVERY user that signs on. I looked thru the
> HKey_users and HKey_current_user sections but no good. I found the =
article
> on how to change the SIGNON screensaver but that's not the same.
>=20
> I searched thru the registry for the value of my current screensaver =
but it
> returned no results (Starfield)
>=20
> Thanks!
>=20
>