Use the slide show screensaver across the network

[scanlan55]

Question is Local Display Properties Screen Saver isn't changing to My Pictures Slideshow if setting is another setting? Things work ok if I run manually. What registry key changes this? hope this makes sense. I am new at this one. Feedback appreciated

 

I want to setup all our workstations with the photo slide show screen saver and have the screen saver load the photos from a central location on the network creating a domain GPO.

 

We have XP boxes and server 2003.

 

I think I have created the proper Registry settings and my batch file set to run the .reg file. I have configured ssmypics.scr & the .jpg located in a temp location (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures)for testing.

 

My reg file consists of

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Screen Saver.Slideshow]

"PaintInterval"=dword:00000000

"ChangeInterval"=dword:000088b8

"DisplayFilename"=dword:00000000

"MaxScreenPercent"=dword:00000064

"DisableTransitions"=dword:00000000

"AllowStretching"=dword:00000000

"AllowKeyboardControl"=dword:00000001

"MaxFailedFiles"=dword:000003e8

"MaxSuccessfulFiles"=dword:00010000

"MaxDirectories"=dword:000000c8

"ImageDirectory"="C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures"

 

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Screen Saver.Slideshow]

"PaintInterval"=dword:00000000

"ChangeInterval"=dword:00007530

"DisplayFilename"=dword:00000000

"MaxScreenPercent"=dword:00000064

"DisableTransitions"=dword:00000000

"AllowStretching"=dword:00000000

"AllowKeyboardControl"=dword:00000001

"MaxFailedFiles"=dword:000003e8

"MaxSuccessfulFiles"=dword:00010000

"MaxDirectories"=dword:000000c8

"ImageDirectory"="C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures"

 

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]

"ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0"

"ScreenSaveTimeOut"="300"

"ScreenSaveActive"="1"

"SCRNSAVE.EXE"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\ssmypics.scr"

 

My reg file consists of

regedit /s C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\My Pictures Slideshow.reg

%windir%\system32\ssmypics.scr /s

[scanlan55]

I got it. It was just my typo on the .scr in [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]

"ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0"

"ScreenSaveTimeOut"="300"

"ScreenSaveActive"="1"

"SCRNSAVE.EXE"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\ssmypics.sc r"

[Arthur]

Do you mean the extra spaces? CODE tags will help with that.

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0"
"ScreenSaveTimeOut"="300"
"ScreenSaveActive"="1"
"SCRNSAVE.EXE"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\ssmypics.scr"