Screen Saver settings

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pmpott wrote:
> In the display settings, the screen saver tab has everything
> greyed out so that you can not make chanegs to it. I have
> checked gpedit.msc and all aspects involving the screen
> saver settings are set to "not configured". Is there a
> place in the registry to lock out the SS settings? Am I
> missing something here?

You might want to take a look at this article:

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/443/

The problem usually results from this key:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop

Look for a value in the right hand pane named
NoChangingWallPaper set to 1.

You can also go to this web site and run the registry fix on
line 51, left hand side, ScreenSaver Enable/Disable:

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

Good luck

Nepatsfan

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In news:1163CD13-0C9C-4061-9E16-7C16FB055E9E@microsoft.com,
pmpott <pmpott@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> In the display settings, the screen saver tab has everything greyed
> out so that you can not make chanegs to it. I have checked
> gpedit.msc and all aspects involving the screen saver settings are
> set to "not configured". Is there a place in the registry to lock
> out the SS settings? Am I missing something here?

Line 142 on the right (not the underlined one):

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

Don't thank me if it works, thank Kelly when you see her.

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes