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1 1st November 02:05
powlaz>Œ%k7b±Ë¬²*²hœ®‹(~×(
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Default XP Registry - Accessing All Users



Short Version: I need help accessing the All Users account of the Registry to
make a couple of changes to the screensaver parameters. I need to to do this
on 40 PCs all of which have different SIDs for the All Users account.

1. Can I change the All Users account SID to a standard number across all
PCS (maybe using newSID from sysinternals?)
2. How can I otherwise adjust these settings without having to sit down at
every PC?

Long Version: Google screensaver runs from the All Users account when a
user logs off. From this account the screensaver does not run with the
settings that were configured and deployed to each user. I have no need for
the default RSS feed that Google uses out-of-the-box. Also, I'd prefer not
to replace the pictures in this default feed's cache with the ones that I
want to use simply because it is ridiculous.

Has anyone run into this before or had experience with modifying the All
User's account in the registry?

Thanks

Po
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2 1st November 02:05
dave r.
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Default XP Registry - Accessing All Users



FYI it's not actually "All Users", what you are after is the System
account's settings. You'll find what you are after in
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT (which, fortunately, is the same for every system).
Specifically, look in HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Dave
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3 1st November 02:05
john john
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http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UT...nges&x=0&y= 0

The "All Users" account is not a real account as such, it does not have
a SID nor does it have an associated registry hive.

John
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