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I'm trying to change my screensaver, I get a error message saying; "Your
system Administrator disabled the Display Control Panel." I am the System
Administrator. I need to find a way to enable it again.

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Are you logged on as Administrator or as yourself, the user? It does make a
difference.

"Wilbur" <Wilbur@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to change my screensaver, I get a error message saying; "Your
> system Administrator disabled the Display Control Panel." I am the System
> Administrator. I need to find a way to enable it again.

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If XP Pro, there are settings in Group Policy for Control Panel.

Here's one...

Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | OK |
Navigate to >>>
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\
Prohibit access to the Control Panel
[[Disables all Control Panel programs.]]

This is what gets set by the policy above.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer
Value Name: NoControlPanel
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = disable restriction
1 = enable restriction

Also, see:

"Remove Display in Control Panel" setting in User
Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display.

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\
Hide specified control panel applets

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:75681949-8138-4F75-8468-8050E739A087@microsoft.com,
Wilbur <Wilbur@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> I'm trying to change my screensaver, I get a error message saying;
> "Your system Administrator disabled the Display Control Panel." I am
> the System Administrator. I need to find a way to enable it again.