Screen Saver Executable Name

[Tracy]

We are implementing a custom screen saver with a Group
Policy enabled for the screen saver executable name. The
only way I can get this to work on Windows 2000 is using
the 8.3 name of the .scr file. The file is named XYZ
Universe.scr. I have tried putting quotes around it and
it still did not work. Does anyone know if this is by
design. I can't change the name of the file.....

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Lets go over the process you are performing.
On a windows 2000 DC I was able to have the c:\winnt\system32\channel screen
saver.scr run properly.

I would recommend setting the policy with the long file name, ensure that
you have the "activate screen saver" enabled, and that this policy is linked
to a container that has the user account, not a group membership.

You said that you could get an 8.3 name to work so I dont think its a
configuration issue.

Try running gpresult /v >result.txt this will create a result.txt file with
all the group policy info. In the user section you should see the screen
saver settings.
You can search for the following. screensaveactive or scrnsave.exe to find
the location of these entries. If this is not present we are having
problems either applying the policy or the policy has yet to be refreshed.
Run "secedit /refreshpolicy user_policy /enforce" and check for a 1704 in
the Application event log after. That will successfully update the policy
..