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There may be times when you want users of a computer not to be able to change the screen saver. Or maybe you just prefer to be in control of what screen saver displays on the family PC. If you have the Windows 7, 8, or 10 Home edition, you will have to edit the Windows Registry to make these changes. You can also do it this way if you have Windows Pro or Enterprise, but just feel more comfortable working in the Registry. If you have Pro or Enterprise, though, we recommend using the easier Local Group Policy Editor, as described in the next section.
Standard warning : Registry Editor is a powerful tool and misusing it can render your system unstable or even inoperable. And definitely back up the Registry and your computer! If you want to make the changes for all user of the PC at once, including your own account, you can just stay signed on with your account. In the Registry Editor, use the left sidebar to navigate to the following key if you want to disable screen saver settings for the currently logged in user:.
Note that everything about those two locations is the same, except for the hive. No matter which you choose, the rest of the steps are the same. You can now close Registry Editor.
If you ever want to reverse the changes, just sign back in as the user for whom you want to make changes, go back to the System key in Registry Editor, and set the NoDispScrSavPage value back to 0 or just delete it altogether. One set enables and disables the ability to change the screen saver for the currently-signed in user only.
The other set enables and disables changing the screen saver for all users of the PC. All the hacks are included in the following ZIP file. Double-click the one you want to use and click through the prompts. Disable Changing Screensaver Hacks. These hacks are really just the System key, stripped down to the NoDispSrcSavPage value we talked about in the previous section and then exported to a.
REG file. Running the hacks just modifies the value. It also gives you a bit more power over which users have this restriction. You can read all about that in our guide to applying local Group Policy tweaks to specific users. Start by finding the MSC file you created for controlling policies for those particular users. To do so, type Regedit in Start menu or taskbar search box and then press Enter key. Registry Editor can also be launched by typing Regedit in Run command box and pressing Enter key.
Step 3: On the right-side, look for the entry named ScreenSaveActive, double-click on it, and set the value to 1 one to enable screen saver and make it 0 zero to disable.
Note : This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it.
Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. Was this reply helpful? I am looking for a screensaversetting window that has the options grayed out. Both of those are correct. The one with sets the screen saver to activate at 20 minutes seconds.
The one with zero means to never activate the screen saver. Hi i dont understand how i change the permission so my screen doesnt lock after 10 minutes. My organization manages this and i cant change it. Disable screensaver using registry settings by Srini. Reply Link. No, the correct value is ScreenSaveTimeOut to change timeout.
There is no REG command. Why do so many things not work when mentioned in this article? Sure there is. Did you try it from a command prompt? I changed both keys, no one works … but are you sure that they work?
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