Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows 7 Logon Screen Screensaver
FWIW, our IT folks have customized the logon screen on our Public PCs so that while it still says to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to login, above and below that is customized info: a welcome to the College and info on where to get guest passes if you're not part of the College community (Faculty Staff, Retirees, Students, Alumni), etc. but it is a static screen. They do have an image or two incorporated into it as well. If that's not what you're after, the ideas already presented about screensavers sound on the money to me. Regards, Giles W. Riesner, Jr., Lead Library Technician, Library Technology Community College of Baltimore County 800 S. Rolling Road Baltimore, MD 21228 gries...@ccbcmd.edu 1-443-840-2736 From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Faust, Bradley [bfa...@bsu.edu] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 5:19 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Windows 7 Logon Screen Screensaver This is a long shot, I believe, but members of this group have answers. On our Windows XP Pro student use computers, we have a custom screensaver app that runs at the logon screen and displays graphics highlighting library services and programs. As we migrate to Windows 7, new security introduced by Microsoft limits access to custom applications when the logon screen is displayed, and we haven't figured out how to push the screensaver to the machine. For obvious reasons we need to move to Windows 7. Does anyone have a solution that pushes a custom screensaver to the Windows 7 logon screen? Thanks. Brad Faust Ball State University Libraries\
[CODE4LIB] Windows 7 Logon Screen Screensaver
This is a long shot, I believe, but members of this group have answers. On our Windows XP Pro student use computers, we have a custom screensaver app that runs at the logon screen and displays graphics highlighting library services and programs. As we migrate to Windows 7, new security introduced by Microsoft limits access to custom applications when the logon screen is displayed, and we haven't figured out how to push the screensaver to the machine. For obvious reasons we need to move to Windows 7. Does anyone have a solution that pushes a custom screensaver to the Windows 7 logon screen? Thanks. Brad Faust Ball State University Libraries\
Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows 7 Logon Screen Screensaver
You can set Windows 7 to have a screensaver that is just a slideshow of pictures tossed in a certain directory. Likely the easiest approach is to make all those service ads into images, stick them in a directory on each machine and then tweak your machine to use that directory for its screensaver and keep the monitor on for the desired amount of time via power settings. You can also use that same directory to show custom desktop backgrounds that change ever X minutes and pop the ads up there. Carrick Rogers Revs Infrastructure Developer 210 Meyer Library, Stanford, CA carri...@stanford.edu - Original Message - From: Bradley Faust bfa...@bsu.edu To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 2:19:46 PM Subject: [CODE4LIB] Windows 7 Logon Screen Screensaver This is a long shot, I believe, but members of this group have answers. On our Windows XP Pro student use computers, we have a custom screensaver app that runs at the logon screen and displays graphics highlighting library services and programs. As we migrate to Windows 7, new security introduced by Microsoft limits access to custom applications when the logon screen is displayed, and we haven't figured out how to push the screensaver to the machine. For obvious reasons we need to move to Windows 7. Does anyone have a solution that pushes a custom screensaver to the Windows 7 logon screen? Thanks. Brad Faust Ball State University Libraries\
Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows 7 Logon Screen Screensaver
It is possible, but your best bet (as was just said) is to use the photoscreen saver. It can all be done though GPOs http://deployhappiness.com/setting-the-default-logon-screensaver-with-group-policy/ this will allow you to point it at a local path and have windows move files to the local folder. Thanks //Riley Riley Childs Senior Charlotte United Christian Academy IT Services Admin Library Services Admin web: rileychilds.net twitter: @RowdyChildren Checkout our new library catalog: catalog.cucawarriors.com -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Faust, Bradley Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 5:20 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Windows 7 Logon Screen Screensaver This is a long shot, I believe, but members of this group have answers. On our Windows XP Pro student use computers, we have a custom screensaver app that runs at the logon screen and displays graphics highlighting library services and programs. As we migrate to Windows 7, new security introduced by Microsoft limits access to custom applications when the logon screen is displayed, and we haven't figured out how to push the screensaver to the machine. For obvious reasons we need to move to Windows 7. Does anyone have a solution that pushes a custom screensaver to the Windows 7 logon screen? Thanks. Brad Faust Ball State University Libraries\
