screen saver, 3dtext settings via group policy

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Oct 30, 2006, 12:13:33 PM10/30/06

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I have located the group policy that defines the screen saver used on client
systems. I have defined the screen saver as the 3D Text (sstext3d.scr)
screen saver. Using group policies, how would I define the text that would be
displayed in the 3D Text screen saver?

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Mark Heitbrink [MVP]

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Oct 30, 2006, 4:00:26 PM10/30/06

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NewS2ker via WinServerKB.com schrieb:

> I have located the group policy that defines the screen saver used on client
> systems. I have defined the screen saver as the 3D Text (sstext3d.scr)
> screen saver. Using group policies, how would I define the text that would be
> displayed in the 3D Text screen saver?

With a selfmade ADM template, that manipulates:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Screensavers\Text3D
"DisplayString"="Whatever you want"

Import -> mark "adm templates" -> View -> Filtering
uncheck "show only fully managed" ...

------ 3dtext.adm -----
Class User
CATEGORY "User Environment"
POLICY "Screensaver 3D Text"
KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Screensavers\Text3D"
PART "Display:" Edittext
VALUENAME "DisplayString"
REQUIRED
EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "What ever you want"
END PART
END POLICY ;Screensaver 3D Text
END CATEGORY ;Screensaver
------ 3dtext.adm -----

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News2ker via WinServerKB.com

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Oct 31, 2006, 9:50:50 AM10/31/06

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Thanks for the response. I'm sure I did this in school, but I'm going to
have to get the books out to help
me with creating a selfmade ADM template OR Maybe with a little help from you
I can work through it.
How would I begin to create the template?

Mark Heitbrink [MVP] wrote:
>
>With a selfmade ADM template, that manipulates:
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Screensavers\Text3D
>"DisplayString"="Whatever you want"
>
>Import -> mark "adm templates" -> View -> Filtering
>uncheck "show only fully managed" ...
>
>------ 3dtext.adm -----
>Class User
> CATEGORY "User Environment"
> POLICY "Screensaver 3D Text"
> KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Screensavers\Text3D"
> PART "Display:" Edittext
> VALUENAME "DisplayString"
> REQUIRED
> EXPANDABLETEXT
> DEFAULT "What ever you want"
> END PART
> END POLICY ;Screensaver 3D Text
>END CATEGORY ;Screensaver
>------ 3dtext.adm -----
>

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Mark Heitbrink [MVP]

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Oct 31, 2006, 11:11:01 AM10/31/06

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Hi,

News2ker via WinServerKB.com schrieb:

> How would I begin to create the template?

The one im my first posting is a start ... more templates
and solution? Just take a look inside system.adm
An older link, but still good:
http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/winsyspe/chapter/ch08.html

Mark

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Nov 2, 2006, 8:58:52 AM11/2/06

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Thanks for the link. I'm testing implementation on a test client/server. I
have a some additional questions:

I would like to set when the screen saver starts. In "Software\Microsoft\
Screensavers\Text3D"
I see DisplayTime. Is this it? ... How do you find out what each setting
represent? How do you know the setting increments, ie. is it seconds, minutes?

The link you sent doesn't show all variables in the registry. I didn't find
anything searching microsoft on "displaytime" that was relevant.

Also, I'm not sure what you listed the following in reference to (especially
the mark adm templates):

Import -> mark "adm templates" -> View -> Filtering
uncheck "show only fully managed" ...

Thanks again!

Mark Heitbrink [MVP] wrote:
>Hi,
>
>News2ker via WinServerKB.com schrieb:
>> How would I begin to create the template?
>
>The one im my first posting is a start ... more templates
>and solution? Just take a look inside system.adm
>An older link, but still good:
>http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/winsyspe/chapter/ch08.html
>
>Mark

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