GP custom screen saver

[JR]

I currently have a domain wide Group Policy that uses a screen saver to lock
workstations. The screen saver is the windows default screensaver. Management
now wants a company screen saver to use instead of the default. How can I
achieve this goal?

Running win2003 domain.

Thxs

 

[Meinolf Weber]

Hello JR,

What kind of screensaver, a .scr file or .exe? If it is a .scr copy it via
startup script to C:\Windows\System32 and you can specify the path to it
via GPO. Maybe also with some other screensaver, but we need more info about
it.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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[JR]

Well I created a screen saver with a 3rd party utility as an .exe. You then
run it and it creates a directory and throws a .scr file in the system32
direstory. However, Do I need to install this on a server then in the screen
saver GP point it to use the new "test.scr" file? will it push that out to
all the other user systems? or do I need to edit an exsisting windows default
..scr file to use for the domain GP ??

Make sence ?

 

[Florian Frommherz [MVP]]

Howdie!

Well I created a screen saver with a 3rd party utility as an .exe. You then
run it and it creates a directory and throws a .scr file in the system32
direstory. However, Do I need to install this on a server then in the screen
saver GP point it to use the new "test.scr" file? will it push that out to
all the other user systems? or do I need to edit an exsisting windows default
..scr file to use for the domain GP ??

Do that in two kind of steps. First create a computer startup script
that would copy the screen saver (scr) into the right directory (if it
doesn't exist already) and second, specify the custom screen saver for
the users.

cheers,

Florian