Corporate Wide Screensaver.

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The best way if you are on a domain is to write a VBScript to copy the files and edit the registry on all the machines. Have it log the ones it has completed so you can go back and run it against the ones that were turned off or had errors. If you want everyone to use it then make the script update the user profiles and update the default profile so that if someone new logs on they get the screen saver too. It will take you a day to write it and a day to test it in the lab but then it is just a matter of running it on the domain. 2 days R&D and maybe 5 days to catch all the machines. Beats going to 850 machines and doing it 1 at a time at their desk and location. Check www activexperts com they have tons of sample code that works correctly the first time. -- Enjoy!

Hi.
Would it be possible to have a copy of your ADM file you have created?
I am try to do exactly the same and don't know where to start.
Thanks in advance.
Simon.

The corporate version of the e-motional Images Screensaver does exactly what you are looking for. You can find information about it from http://www.e-motional.com

This screensaver can be managed using GPOs. They provide you with an Administrative Template to control all of the settings.

To save bandwidth it makes a local copy of all of the images that are displayed. A master set of images are stored on a server somewhere on your network. Periodically it checks if any images have been changed. If some images were added or removed they will be automatically changed on the individual machines. Only changes are copied so that saves a lot bandwidth.

Alternatively they have Auto Web View Screensaver that displays web pages. That product can be managed over a network or over the Internet or Intranet. You can find that at http://www.e-motional.com/Autowebview.htm

Let me know if you tried these products. We have e-motional Images running here for over 1000 computers and are very happy with it.

Hello,

The company I work for offer a corporte screensaver which uses very little bandwidth and is web/browser based. With this you can show images, rss, intranet, internet, sharepoint, video and instant messages. All content can be updated from one central location either in your building or hosted. See http://www.sabercom.co.uk/products/screensaver.html for more information.

We have developed a screensaver which should meet all your requirements.

More information is available at our product web site:

http://www.escreenz.net

You can also find our more about our company at http://www.entrecs.com

Please let me know what you think.

Thanks,

- Doug

when the OS has the native capability do do what is required?

And you aren't even addressing the actual question at all.

See how much bandwidth is used for one computer. Use appropriately sized image files - PNG or GIF or whatever is supported. Highly compressed JPEGs or what. Don't save the original images in 32-bit color if they don't need to be - this will save a lot on file size.

Or, distribute the files once so the run locally.

OK, we have another product for you to look at (!). It gets around the bandwidth/network impact concern.

1. Lets you cache screensavers locally on PCs - so no network traffic (internal or external) when screensavers running.
2. Screensavers will create traffic once, when you send them out - our system also allows the Administrator to set a concurrent download limit before sending so that you can make sure you don't experience a spike in traffic.
3. You can also set max file size limits which stop any big ones from being sent at all.
Corps like Vodafone, Cox Communications, Ericsson use it. And pretty inexpensive. See http://www.snapcomms.com/products/corporate-screensaver.aspx
Hope this helps anyone looking for a good corporate screensaver solution.

PS: SaaS or self hosted versions, AD integration, also desktop alert/ticker capability, free trial, handles html, swf, image formats, ppt, wmv, RSS feeds.