For group deployment you should create single .scr file by following the steps below:
- Click “Create” button, which opens “Select Screen Saver File Name” dialog
- In “Save as type” drop-down box select “Screen Saver (*.scr)”
- Choose folder and enter file name, then click “Save”
- Click “Open Folder”
- Double-click screen saver file to verify if such screen saver works.
Created .scr file should be placed to appropriate System folder on every client, depending on OS version:
- On Windows 64-bit, it should be placed in C:\Windows\SysWOW64 folder
- On Windows 32-bit, it should be placed in C:\Windows\System32 folder
Note: “Screen saver executable name” field should include full path to short (8.3) filename of screen saver. The best thing would be to use filename with less or equal to 8 characters, e.g. “mysaver.scr”, so the path would be e.g. C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\mysaver.scr
Further reading: