XP Registry - Accessing All Users

[Powlaz]

Short Version: I need help accessing the All Users account of the Registry to
make a couple of changes to the screensaver parameters. I need to to do this
on 40 PCs all of which have different SIDs for the All Users account.

1. Can I change the All Users account SID to a standard number across all
PCS (maybe using newSID from sysinternals?)
2. How can I otherwise adjust these settings without having to sit down at
every PC?

Long Version: Google screensaver runs from the All Users account when a
user logs off. From this account the screensaver does not run with the
settings that were configured and deployed to each user. I have no need for
the default RSS feed that Google uses out-of-the-box. Also, I'd prefer not
to replace the pictures in this default feed's cache with the ones that I
want to use simply because it is ridiculous.

Has anyone run into this before or had experience with modifying the All
User's account in the registry?

Thanks

Po

 

[Dave R.]

Short Version: I need help accessing the All Users account of the
Registry to
make a couple of changes to the screensaver parameters. I need to to
do this
on 40 PCs all of which have different SIDs for the All Users account.

1. Can I change the All Users account SID to a standard number across
all
PCS (maybe using newSID from sysinternals?)
2. How can I otherwise adjust these settings without having to sit
down at
every PC?

Long Version: Google screensaver runs from the All Users account when
a
user logs off. From this account the screensaver does not run with
the
settings that were configured and deployed to each user. I have no
need for
the default RSS feed that Google uses out-of-the-box. Also, I'd
prefer not
to replace the pictures in this default feed's cache with the ones
that I
want to use simply because it is ridiculous.

Has anyone run into this before or had experience with modifying the
All
User's account in the registry?

FYI it's not actually "All Users", what you are after is the System
account's settings. You'll find what you are after in
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT (which, fortunately, is the same for every system).
Specifically, look in HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Dave

 

[John John]

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The "All Users" account is not a real account as such, it does not have
a SID nor does it have an associated registry hive.

John