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From: ToddAndMargo on 26 Mar 2010 20:46
WS08-R2

Hi All,

Can I change the default screen saver that
new users get when I create a new user account?

Many thanks,
-T
From: Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] on 27 Mar 2010 02:12
Hello ToddAndMargo,

You can configure GPO settings for the screensaver under this path:
User configuration, administrative templates, control panel, display

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> WS08-R2
>
> Hi All,
>
> Can I change the default screen saver that
> new users get when I create a new user account?
> Many thanks,
> -T


From: ToddAndMargo on 28 Mar 2010 20:46
>> WS08-R2
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Can I change the default screen saver that
>> new users get when I create a new user account?
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>

On 03/26/2010 11:12 PM, Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] wrote:
> Hello ToddAndMargo,
>
> You can configure GPO settings for the screensaver under this path:
> User configuration, administrative templates, control panel, display
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>

Hi Meinolf,

Thank you for the response.

I should have said that the Terminal Server (TS) was not an
Active Directory (AD) controller and that the Domain
Controller the TS uses is a simple NT Domain Controller
(Samba), so no AD and no Group Policy Editor.

What I need is the registry setting that the system
uses when it sets up a new user.

-T
From: ToddAndMargo on 28 Mar 2010 21:21
On 03/28/2010 05:46 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:

> What I need is the registry setting that the system
> uses when it sets up a new user.

Found it: http://www.zoneutils.com/regtricks/screensaver.htm

From: John John - MVP on 29 Mar 2010 07:13
ToddAndMargo wrote:
> On 03/28/2010 05:46 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>
>> What I need is the registry setting that the system
>> uses when it sets up a new user.
>
> Found it: http://www.zoneutils.com/regtricks/screensaver.htm

The information there is not quite correct, they make many references
and suggest making changes to the "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\" hive to have
settings apply to all new users, that isn't the "New Users" hive at all,
it's the machine profile, the New Users hive is the Ntuser.dat in the
C:\Documents and Settings\Default User folder. The "Default" hive in
the registry doesn't correspond to the same profile, the loaded hive
list and their corresponding files can be seen at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\hivelist

John
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