Changing User's Settings

I want to know if I can change the setting for a user's screen saver preferences by using the registry? It's a Windows 2000 machine. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

-Bryan

 

Indeed yes, its under HKEY_USERS/UserID. Change it under .DEFAULT for all new users you create, and also the login screen.
just cranking up from the MSKB
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;102977
That should help some
DESKTOP ENTRY VALUES FOR USERS
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The Desktop key contains entries that control the appearance of the screen
background and the position of windows and icons on the screen. The
following shows the Registry path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
HKEY_USERS\UserID(or .DEFAULT)\Control Panel\Desktop

To change most of these entries, use the Desktop icon in Control Panel. The


SCRNSAVE.EXE REG_SZ Filename
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Default: (None)

Specifies the screensaver executable filename.

 

Another article about the screensaver:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=185348