Re: Default Screen Saver

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two more things

After it has been loaded in the target system, the NTUSER.DAT settings
become the "HKEY_USERS\.Default" branch of the registry.

The screen saver from HKEY_USERS\.Default is applied when there is
no-one logged in to the machine...

SteveS
stevesATeyeDASHimagingDOTcom


steves wrote:
> Pascal,
> I have just been working on this stuff myself!
>
> The registry keys are:
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
> "ScreenSaveActive"="1"
> "ScreenSaveTimeout"="600" ; delay time in seconds
> "ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0" ; controls password on screen save exit
> "SCRNSAVE.EXE"="C:\Windows\System32\ssMyPics.scr"
>
>
> The "MyPictures" screen saver (ssmypics.scr) is in the component:
> "Software::System::Printing & Imaging::Applications::Windows Image
> Acquisition"
> I took this one, and pointed it to a simple copy of our company logo,
> looks nice... There is a bunch of registry data in that same branch
> that can be
> used to control individual settings on each screen saver.
>
> The other screen savers are in the component
> Software::System:User Interface:Shells:Windows Shell:Shell Screen Saver
> Registry Data.
>
> I don't know where the default screen saver is setup in TD, sorry.
>
> I use a fairly complicated process to customize my default user
> settings,
> which I like, because it centralizes everything in one place, I will
> follow
> on with a new thread, customizing the default user, to explain that..
>
> SteveS
> StevesATeyeDASHimagingDOTcom
>
> Pascal Bouchard wrote:
> > I installed the "Screen Savers" component; by default, no screen saver is
> > selected.
> >
> > Is there a way to automatically configure a default screen saver in the
> > target manager ? is there a component that handles this ?
> >
> > I suspect registry entries, if so, which ones ?

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