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screen saver run when user logged off in domain environment?
Hello,
I would like to know if it is possible to set a custom screen saver to run when users are logged out in a domain environment. This is for open computer labs...I want to employ a windows default screen saver that is custom tailored for our organization (ie, the 3D flying objects, in which you can put a .bmp of a logo). So I want this screen saver to appear at the ctrl-alt-delete screen. Right now the machine shows a Windows screen saver if left at this stage for X amount of time, and not the custom saver that I set up while logged in as local admin. Thanks inn advance for any advice. -Chris |
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screen saver run when user logged off in domain environment?
The following article from Microsoft is describing the way to change the
Default Screen Saver and Time Out at Welcome Screen: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314493 You can look into your Windows\System32 for Screen Saver's file names. Like ss3dfo is for 3D flying Object. Hope this help, let us know! "panopticon" wrote: Hello, I would like to know if it is possible to set a custom screen saver to run when users are logged out in a domain environment. This is for open computer labs...I want to employ a windows default screen saver that is custom tailored for our organization (ie, the 3D flying objects, in which you can put a .bmp of a logo). So I want this screen saver to appear at the ctrl-alt-delete screen. Right now the machine shows a Windows screen saver if left at this stage for X amount of time, and not the custom saver that I set up while logged in as local admin. Thanks inn advance for any advice. -Chris |
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screen saver run when user logged off in domain environment?
Hi RajKohli,
Yes, this worked without a problem. Thank you for your prompt assistance! -Chris "RajKohli" wrote: The following article from Microsoft is describing the way to change the Default Screen Saver and Time Out at Welcome Screen: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314493 You can look into your Windows\System32 for Screen Saver's file names. Like ss3dfo is for 3D flying Object. Hope this help, let us know! "panopticon" wrote: Hello, I would like to know if it is possible to set a custom screen saver to run when users are logged out in a domain environment. This is for open computer labs...I want to employ a windows default screen saver that is custom tailored for our organization (ie, the 3D flying objects, in which you can put a .bmp of a logo). So I want this screen saver to appear at the ctrl-alt-delete screen. Right now the machine shows a Windows screen saver if left at this stage for X amount of time, and not the custom saver that I set up while logged in as local admin. Thanks inn advance for any advice. -Chris |
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screen saver run when user logged off in domain environment?
Hello again RajKohli,
I think I spoke too soon when I said that your suggestion fixed my situation. In fact, I found a problem when trying to run the ss3df0.scr screen saver before login. Let me explain: I tested the process on my machine by modifying the registry to run the 'my pics picture show' screen saver before login - this is the same SS that runs on my machine when I am logged in. This worked fine - when I logged off, my 'my pics' screen saver ran just fine. However when I tried to set up one of the public machines with the ss3df0.scr, it would not display my custom texture .bmp file. I selected this file when logged in as the local admin on the machine using the Display Properties section where one typically configures the screen saver. I found that the custom texture would run when I was logged in, but once I logged off, the screen saver would display only the Windows logo, (which is the default texture) and not the custom texture I had selected when logged in. Do you know how I can correct this? I'm thinking there must be a location where Windows stores the default texture, and perhaps I can permanently replace it with my custom texture. It is odd that the 'my pics slideshow' SS will retain its settings when I log off, but the 3D objects SS will not... Thanks again! -Chris "RajKohli" wrote: The following article from Microsoft is describing the way to change the Default Screen Saver and Time Out at Welcome Screen: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314493 You can look into your Windows\System32 for Screen Saver's file names. Like ss3dfo is for 3D flying Object. Hope this help, let us know! "panopticon" wrote: Hello, I would like to know if it is possible to set a custom screen saver to run when users are logged out in a domain environment. This is for open computer labs...I want to employ a windows default screen saver that is custom tailored for our organization (ie, the 3D flying objects, in which you can put a .bmp of a logo). So I want this screen saver to appear at the ctrl-alt-delete screen. Right now the machine shows a Windows screen saver if left at this stage for X amount of time, and not the custom saver that I set up while logged in as local admin. Thanks inn advance for any advice. -Chris |
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screen saver run when user logged off in domain environment?
This is where the current user's screensaver is set:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop This is where it is set for when no one is logged in: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop (you seem to have found these already) The setings for the 3D flying objects screen saver are he HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Screen Saver.3DFlyingObj HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Screen Saver.3DFlyingObj (there are also others near there for ones like 3D pipes, etc). Look in the one for current user to find the settings that you have set while you are logged in, then copy them to the default user settings =?Utf-8?B?cGFub3B0aWNvbg==?= wrote in : Hello again RajKohli, I think I spoke too soon when I said that your suggestion fixed my situation. In fact, I found a problem when trying to run the ss3df0.scr screen saver before login. Let me explain: I tested the process on my machine by modifying the registry to run the 'my pics picture show' screen saver before login - this is the same SS that runs on my machine when I am logged in. This worked fine - when I logged off, my 'my pics' screen saver ran just fine. However when I tried to set up one of the public machines with the ss3df0.scr, it would not display my custom texture .bmp file. I selected this file when logged in as the local admin on the machine using the Display Properties section where one typically configures the screen saver. I found that the custom texture would run when I was logged in, but once I logged off, the screen saver would display only the Windows logo, (which is the default texture) and not the custom texture I had selected when logged in. Do you know how I can correct this? I'm thinking there must be a location where Windows stores the default texture, and perhaps I can permanently replace it with my custom texture. It is odd that the 'my pics slideshow' SS will retain its settings when I log off, but the 3D objects SS will not... Thanks again! -Chris "RajKohli" wrote: The following article from Microsoft is describing the way to change the Default Screen Saver and Time Out at Welcome Screen: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314493 You can look into your Windows\System32 for Screen Saver's file names. Like ss3dfo is for 3D flying Object. Hope this help, let us know! "panopticon" wrote: Hello, I would like to know if it is possible to set a custom screen saver to run when users are logged out in a domain environment. This is for open computer labs...I want to employ a windows default screen saver that is custom tailored for our organization (ie, the 3D flying objects, in which you can put a .bmp of a logo). So I want this screen saver to appear at the ctrl-alt-delete screen. Right now the machine shows a Windows screen saver if left at this stage for X amount of time, and not the custom saver that I set up while logged in as local admin. Thanks inn advance for any advice. -Chris |
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screen saver run when user logged off in domain environment?
Thank you, z1z1z1, but this is not correct (on my machine).
When I looked at the settings for 333df0 in the place you mentioned (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Screen Saver.3DFlyingObj and HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Screen Saver.3DFlyingObj) there is nothing there except for a string value called 'default' of the type REG_SZ. The values within it are blank. This string value appears this way even after I set the correct texture in the screen saver options in Display Properties. I also tried restarting the machine to see if that would imprint settings in the place you mentioned, but that didn't change the registry. Finally, I tried putting the path to my file texture in this string value, but that didn't make any change. Do you have any other recommendations? Thanks, -Chris "z1z1z1" wrote: This is where the current user's screensaver is set: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop This is where it is set for when no one is logged in: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop (you seem to have found these already) The setings for the 3D flying objects screen saver are he HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Screen Saver.3DFlyingObj HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Screen Saver.3DFlyingObj (there are also others near there for ones like 3D pipes, etc). Look in the one for current user to find the settings that you have set while you are logged in, then copy them to the default user settings =?Utf-8?B?cGFub3B0aWNvbg==?= wrote in : Hello again RajKohli, I think I spoke too soon when I said that your suggestion fixed my situation. In fact, I found a problem when trying to run the ss3df0.scr screen saver before login. Let me explain: I tested the process on my machine by modifying the registry to run the 'my pics picture show' screen saver before login - this is the same SS that runs on my machine when I am logged in. This worked fine - when I logged off, my 'my pics' screen saver ran just fine. However when I tried to set up one of the public machines with the ss3df0.scr, it would not display my custom texture .bmp file. I selected this file when logged in as the local admin on the machine using the Display Properties section where one typically configures the screen saver. I found that the custom texture would run when I was logged in, but once I logged off, the screen saver would display only the Windows logo, (which is the default texture) and not the custom texture I had selected when logged in. Do you know how I can correct this? I'm thinking there must be a location where Windows stores the default texture, and perhaps I can permanently replace it with my custom texture. It is odd that the 'my pics slideshow' SS will retain its settings when I log off, but the 3D objects SS will not... Thanks again! -Chris "RajKohli" wrote: The following article from Microsoft is describing the way to change the Default Screen Saver and Time Out at Welcome Screen: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314493 You can look into your Windows\System32 for Screen Saver's file names. Like ss3dfo is for 3D flying Object. Hope this help, let us know! "panopticon" wrote: Hello, I would like to know if it is possible to set a custom screen saver to run when users are logged out in a domain environment. This is for open computer labs...I want to employ a windows default screen saver that is custom tailored for our organization (ie, the 3D flying objects, in which you can put a .bmp of a logo). So I want this screen saver to appear at the ctrl-alt-delete screen. Right now the machine shows a Windows screen saver if left at this stage for X amount of time, and not the custom saver that I set up while logged in as local admin. Thanks inn advance for any advice. -Chris |
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screen saver run when user logged off in domain environment?
Okay, try looking he
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Screensavers\ Flying Objects You will probably have to create this one under the .default user profile =?Utf-8?B?cGFub3B0aWNvbg==?= wrote in : Thank you, z1z1z1, but this is not correct (on my machine). When I looked at the settings for 333df0 in the place you mentioned (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Screen Saver.3DFlyingObj and HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Screen Saver.3DFlyingObj) there is nothing there except for a string value called 'default' of the type REG_SZ. The values within it are blank. This string value appears this way even after I set the correct texture in the screen saver options in Display Properties. I also tried restarting the machine to see if that would imprint settings in the place you mentioned, but that didn't change the registry. Finally, I tried putting the path to my file texture in this string value, but that didn't make any change. Do you have any other recommendations? Thanks, -Chris "z1z1z1" wrote: This is where the current user's screensaver is set: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop This is where it is set for when no one is logged in: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop (you seem to have found these already) The setings for the 3D flying objects screen saver are he HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Screen Saver.3DFlyingObj HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Screen Saver.3DFlyingObj (there are also others near there for ones like 3D pipes, etc). Look in the one for current user to find the settings that you have set while you are logged in, then copy them to the default user settings =?Utf-8?B?cGFub3B0aWNvbg==?= wrote in : Hello again RajKohli, I think I spoke too soon when I said that your suggestion fixed my situation. In fact, I found a problem when trying to run the ss3df0.scr screen saver before login. Let me explain: I tested the process on my machine by modifying the registry to run the 'my pics picture show' screen saver before login - this is the same SS that runs on my machine when I am logged in. This worked fine - when I logged off, my 'my pics' screen saver ran just fine. However when I tried to set up one of the public machines with the ss3df0.scr, it would not display my custom texture .bmp file. I selected this file when logged in as the local admin on the machine using the Display Properties section where one typically configures the screen saver. I found that the custom texture would run when I was logged in, but once I logged off, the screen saver would display only the Windows logo, (which is the default texture) and not the custom texture I had selected when logged in. Do you know how I can correct this? I'm thinking there must be a location where Windows stores the default texture, and perhaps I can permanently replace it with my custom texture. It is odd that the 'my pics slideshow' SS will retain its settings when I log off, but the 3D objects SS will not... Thanks again! -Chris "RajKohli" wrote: The following article from Microsoft is describing the way to change the Default Screen Saver and Time Out at Welcome Screen: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314493 You can look into your Windows\System32 for Screen Saver's file names. Like ss3dfo is for 3D flying Object. Hope this help, let us know! "panopticon" wrote: Hello, I would like to know if it is possible to set a custom screen saver to run when users are logged out in a domain environment. This is for open computer labs...I want to employ a windows default screen saver that is custom tailored for our organization (ie, the 3D flying objects, in which you can put a .bmp of a logo). So I want this screen saver to appear at the ctrl-alt-delete screen. Right now the machine shows a Windows screen saver if left at this stage for X amount of time, and not the custom saver that I set up while logged in as local admin. Thanks inn advance for any advice. -Chris |
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screen saver run when user logged off in domainenvironment?
I did it by replacing the logon.scr with ss3dfo.scr leaving the same name "logon.scr", configuring the screensaver with my own texture. The screensaver of the default user lack parameters in the registry. Then, you should export key branch HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Screensavers\ Flying Objects, change the name of the node to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Screensaver s\Flying Objects, and merge this into the registry. Now, it should work properly.
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