On 15 Jul 2008 at 13:24, Glen Johnson wrote: > Got a request to configure all employees screensaver to display a message of > the day > or some such security tip, info, new, whatever. > Anyone have experience with some third party preferably freeware that might > do this? > Windows 2003 domain so group policy configuration is possible. > Mostly XP clients but a few vista now and more to come.
Trivial to do with a batch file or script during logon that changes the registry settings. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0" "ScreenSaveTimeOut"="300" "ScreenSaveActive"="1" "SCRNSAVE.EXE"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\ssmarque.scr" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Screen Saver.Marquee] "BackgroundColor"="0 0 128" "CharSet"="0" "Font"="Tahoma" "Mode"="1" "Size"="24" "Speed"="14" "Text"="Shook Wuz Here" "TextColor"="255 0 255" "Attributes"="00000" You could even program the batch-file/script to grab a new MOTD daily from a library if you wanted ... -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-----------------------------------+ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
