screensaver doesn't work

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I keep setting the screensaver and it never activates, When I go in to check the settings it shows none for the screensaver type. I have tried various combinations of screensavers and minutes until activitation and I have turned off all the power and hibernate settings but nothing seems to work. Any suggestions short of restoring Windows? Thanks.
 
Are you using anykind of tweak program or all cache, cookies memory type delete ? If so some times these programs will delete any settings you want to keep.

M. C.
 
M.C.:

Not that I'm aware of. This first started a few wekes ago but I don't recall anytjhing that was added or changed at that time. Based on recommendation of IT person at work, I started running Spybot after this occured to see if some hidden program was running but that hasn't helped either.

Thanks,

Paul
 
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Are you using anykind of tweak program or all cache,
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cookies memory type delete ? If so some times these
programs will delete any settings you want to keep.
M. C.
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Check the registry:
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In Regedit go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Check the following REG_SZ values:

ScreenSaveActive = 1 (this is probably your problem)
ScreenSaverIsSecure = 1 (for password protection w/ user
PW)
ScreenSaveTimeOut = 600 (for 10 minutes)
SCRNSAVE.EXE = C:\Windows\System32\ssmypics.scr (or
desired screensaver file name)

Note also these can be set under:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
for when no user is logged on.
 
-----Original Message-----
I keep setting the screensaver and it never activates,
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When I go in to check the settings it shows none for the
screensaver type. I have tried various combinations of
screensavers and minutes until activitation and I have
turned off all the power and hibernate settings but
nothing seems to work. Any suggestions short of
restoring Windows? Thanks.
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How to Set a Screen Saver Through a System Policy
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This policy enables three options in the user-based
portion of a policy:

-The choice of screen saver.
-Enabling the screen saver.
-Enabling the password for the screen saver.

The screen saver will use the Default Wait time of 15
minutes. To use this policy, perform the following steps:

Enter the text below that is between the rows of hyphens
(-) into a text file and save it as Scrsave.adm in the
Winnt\Inf folder.

Open System Policy Editor and click Options and then
click Policy Template.

Add Scrsave.adm to the listed template files.

The additional options will show under any user or group
in the policy, with a label of "Screen Saver Policies."

Scrsave.adm <start>

CLASS USER

CATEGORY !!Screen_Saver_Policy
POLICY !!Screen_Saver
KEYNAME "Control Panel\Desktop"
PART !!Screen_Saver_Location EDITTEXT
DEFAULT !!DEF_SCREEN_SAVER
VALUENAME SCRNSAVE.EXE
END PART
END POLICY
POLICY !!ENABLE_SCREEN_SAVER
KEYNAME "Control Panel\Desktop"
VALUENAME ScreenSaveActive
VALUEON "1" VALUEOFF "0"
END POLICY
POLICY !!ENABLE_Password
KEYNAME "Control Panel\Desktop"
VALUENAME ScreenSaverIsSecure
VALUEON "1" VALUEOFF "0"
END POLICY
END CATEGORY

[strings]
Screen_Saver_Policy="Screen Saver Policies"
Screen_Saver="Screen Saver"
ENABLE_SCREEN_SAVER="Enable Screen Saver"
Screen_Saver_Location="Enter the location of the
Screen Saver"
DEF_Screen_Saver="%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\logon.scr"
ENABLE_Password=Enable Password

Scrsave.adm <end>

For setting the amount of system idle time after which
the screen saver will start:

In the CATEGORY !!Screen_Saver_Policy section add:

POLICY !!SCREEN_SAVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT
KEYNAME "Control Panel\Desktop"
VALUENAME ScreenSaveTimeout
VALUEON "600"
END POLICY

In the [strings] section add:

SCREEN_SAVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT="Screen Saver Activation
Timeout"
 
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