Point out to management that if your power settings don't turn off your monitors in a very short time frame, then your systems suck up power which sucks down money. Also, if I recall, such a GPO would affect everything which means any virtualized systems will now be trying to run a screen savor as well.
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Don Guyer <[email protected]>wrote: > As long as the location and image name stays the same, it will. > > Don Guyer > Systems Engineer - Information Services > Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group > 431 W. Lancaster Avenue > Devon, PA 19333 > Direct: (610) 993-3299 > Fax: (610) 650-5306 > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 3:09 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Screensaver & Wallpaper Policies/Options? > > Malcolm, personally I agree with not getting too creative, but equally it's > good to know the options. > > I'll try some things when I'm back in the office (no access to GPO stuff > right now) but I'm hoping that if you point wallpaper to > \\server\share\wallpaper.jpg (for example) that if someone updates > wallpaper.jpg, at some point (when the GPO refreshes?) Windows has the sense > to re-read the JPG and reload the replaced image? > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
