Screensaver Setup Guide

Screensaver Setup Guide

To install the screensaver on multiple company-owned devices, please refer to the 'Group Policy / Intune' section below.

Windows

Single PC Install

Contact support@vibe.fyi to obtain your screensaver URL. If your current Vibe.fyi subscription does not include a screensaver licence by default, the Vibe.fyi support team will discuss your options with you.
  1. Click this link to download the Vibescreensaver 1.2.1 installer:
    https://download.vibe.fyi/screensaver/vibescreensaver.1.2.1.exe
  2. When the download is complete, locate and run the Vibescreensaver 1.2.1.exe file

  3. In the Vibe Screensaver Setup window
    1. Click Start

      NB: If you are not an admin and you are prompted for a user account control permission, please allow the permission before continuing to the next step.
    2. Check and update the following settings if needed. If you have an old version already running on your PC, these settings will be automatically populated:
      1. URL to load
      2. Wait time
      3. On resume, display logon screen
    3. Click Install

    4. Click Finish

    5. Click Restart to restart your computer

In your Power Options settings - Set 'Turn off the display' to Never so the screensaver is visible onscreen when your PC is not in use.

Group Policy / Intune Deployment

The Vibe.fyi screensaver app requires .Net Framework 4.0. Please install .Net Framework 4.0 on all target PCs before installing the Vibe.fyi screensaver app.
You can follow this article to install .Net Framework 4.0 via Group Policy: [Learn more]

Read First

  1. Use the supplied MSI package to mass install via Group Policy / Intune. (Contact support@vibe.fyi to get the latest msi package)
  2. The MSI should only be installed in quiet mode (i.e. no user interface nor user interaction). Here is a sample command to install the MSI in quiet mode:

    C:\download>msiexec /i VibeScreensaver.1.2.6.quiet_mode_only.msi /quiet /l*v "log.log" URL="https://demo.vibe.fyi/screensaver" WAIT="5" ON_RESUME="Yes" LOGO="https://a_public_url_path_to_the_custom_logo/logo_file_name.png" LOCK_SCREEN="Yes" WAIT_PLUGGED="1800" WAIT_PLUGGED_LOCKED="1800" WAIT_BATTERY="600" WAIT_BATTERY_LOCKED="600"

    1. URL: the Url to load Vibe slides
    2. WAIT: set wait time in minutes on Windows’s screensaver Settings

    3. ON_RESUME: turn on/off the “On resume, display logon screen” on Windows’s screensaver Settings. Values = Yes/No
    4. LOGO: a public URL path to the custom logo PNG image (Only available on the Pro & Enterprise versions)
    5. LOCK_SCREEN: enable screensaver when the lock screen is activated Values = Yes/No
    6. “Console lock display off timeout” on Power Options settings.
      1. WAIT_PLUGGED: set the display to turn off after xxx seconds when plugged in. Default value is 1800.
      2. WAIT_PLUGGED_LOCKED: set the console lock display off timeout to xxx seconds when plugged in. Default value is 1800.
      3. WAIT_BATTERY: set the display to turn off after xxx  seconds on battery. Default value is 600. (example - Laptop)
      4. WAIT_BATTERY_LOCKED: set the console lock display off timeout to xxx seconds on battery. Default value is 600.

  3. If the target PC is running Window 8.0 or earlier (e.g. Windows 7), please follow this article to enable TLS1.2:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/security/enable-tls-1-2-client. 
    Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and later versions of Windows natively support TLS 1.2.
*The recommended wait time is 5 or 10 minutes. Check your device power saving settings first to ensure that the screensaver is active before the device goes into sleep mode or shuts down.=

Install steps

  1. Login to https://intune.microsoft.com and open Apps
  2. Under 'By platform', click Windows
  3. Click + Add

  4. Under App type, select Other/Line-of-business app

  5. In the Add App screen, click select app package file, select the MSI file provided (e.g. VibeScreensaver.1.X.X.quiet_mode_only.msi), then click OK.
  6. Under App Information
    1. Name - Vibe Screensaver
    2. Description - Vibe Sceensaver setup wizard application push
    3. Publisher - Vibe.fyi Limited
    4. Command-line arguments - /quiet
    5. All other settings can stay default
    6. Click Next

  7. Under Assignments (Required), add a group or select all devices (this will depend on your organisations Intune setup), then click Next

  8. Review App creation and click Create. This should now push out on the next Intune Policy sync.
  9. After installing the Vibe.fyi screensaver app, the target PCs need to be restarted for the changes to take effect. Please schedule a restart via Group Policy / Intune.

Logo Design

The Vibe.fyi Screensaver app can support a square logo with a max. size of 567 x 567 px (transparent PNG). The attached default Vibe logo is 567 x 158 px.

Single PC

  1. Create a transparent PNG and save it as "logo.png".
  2. Copy the logo into the custom folder: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\VibeScreensaver\custom

Group policy (Manual)

  1. The file path for the custom logo is stored in the registry node value: Computer > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > SOFTWARE > VibeScreenSaver > CustomLogo
  2. The file path can be either a local file path (e.g., C:/logo.png) or a remote URL (e.g., https://yourdomain.co.nz/logo.png) that publicly accessible
You can create a Windows group policy to set the CustomLogo's value to the remote URL for multiple PCs.

Mac

Contact support@vibe.fyi to obtain your screensaver URL. If your current Vibe.fyi subscription does not include a screensaver licence by default, the Vibe.fyi support team will discuss your options with you.
Follow the steps below to add the Vibe.fyi screensaver on a Mac:
  1. Download the latest WebViewScreenSaver.zip file here 
  2. Once it has finished downloading, right-click and select Open to bypass Gatekeeper and install the screensaver
  3. Open System Preferences > Screensaver to locate and open the WebViewScreenSaver option, then enter your custom Vibe.fyi screensaver URL
    The System Settings window, with Screen Saver settings selected in the sidebar and Ventura selected on the right.
  4. Click Close
If updates are not showing on your screensaver, try clearing your cache. Open your local drive and locate your user folder. Open the VibeScreensaver folder and remove all the files within the 'browser_cache' folder

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