Suppressing the screen saver

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Windows Media Player has an option to suppress the screen saver if it is
active.
Is there a simpler program which would achieve the same effect?

I can't just turn off the screen saver, as my company enforces a setting
that it cuts in after 30 minutes inactivity.
This is all very reasonable in an open office, or public place, but I
work from home, and my desktop PC isn't going anywhere. If an intruder
got in, they'd be too busy avoiding my dogs' teeth to worry about
hacking my PC.
 
Mon, 28 May 2007 10:02:40 +0100 from Swifty
Windows Media Player has an option to suppress the screen saver if it is
active.
Is there a simpler program which would achieve the same effect?

I can't just turn off the screen saver, as my company enforces a setting
that it cuts in after 30 minutes inactivity.
This is all very reasonable in an open office, or public place, but I
work from home, and my desktop PC isn't going anywhere. If an intruder
got in, they'd be too busy avoiding my dogs' teeth to worry about
hacking my PC.
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Wouldn't it be simpler to talk to your IT department about just not
enforcing that setting on the company-provided PC you use at home? Or
if it actually is *your* PC, what are they doing enforcing policies
on it in the first place?
 
There are ways around policies if your IT people won't make an exception for
you. Have you asked them?

Visit here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top.
Scroll down to...
230. Right hand side
Wait is Greyed Out under Screen Saver Tab

waitgreyedout.reg is the file that you want.

waitgreyedout.reg disables ScreenSaveTimeOut, the Screen Saver timeout
policy.

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop
ScreenSaveTimeOut
Can be set from a minimum of 1 second to a maximum of 86,400 seconds, or 24
hours. If set to zero, the screen saver will not be started.

Sounds like your IT folks have ScreenSaveTimeOut set to 1800, in seconds for
a time of 30 minutes.

If the Screen Saver tab is missing completely from Display Properties.

51. ScreenSaver Disable/Enable or Tab Missing
Click on Tab Missing.

sstabmissing.reg is the file.

sstabmissing.reg disables NoDispScrSavPage, the Hide Screen Saver tab
policy.

[[To use the Regedits: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. ]]

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Wouldn't it be simpler to talk to your IT department about just not
enforcing that setting on the company-provided PC you use at home? Or
if it actually is *your* PC, what are they doing enforcing policies
on it in the first place?
Click to expand...

It's IBM's PC, and from your answer I can deduce that you've never
worked for IBM, nor are you a Dilbert reader. One of IBM's favourite
phrases is "no exceptions", especially where there even a whiff of security.
I'm something of an anarchist, so it amuses me to find "legal" ways of
rendering the rules ineffective, without actually getting audited.

I'm already having fun with the security people; whilst my screensaver
settings adhere with the company rules, their audit program says they do
not. I'm eagerly awaiting the day when they come knocking on my door
insisting on using remote desktop to "fix" my system.
 
waitgreyedout.reg disables ScreenSaveTimeOut, the Screen Saver timeout
policy.
Click to expand...

Ah, but I have to achieve the effect of disabling the ScreenSaveTimeOut
without it appearing to be disabled, because "big brother" watches my PC
to make sure that I don't get up to shenanigans.
That's why I mentioned WMP11 - it frequently stops the screensaver
cutting in, whilst leaving my settings acceptable to "big brother". Only
sometimes, WMP11 doesn't have the desired effect, so I wondered if
there's a program out there designed to have this effect.
 
I have just two words for big brother. Dogs' teeth. :-D

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