WinXP lost screensaver tab settings

[Guest]

Somehow I was playing around and I now have lost (greyed out) all the
options in the ScreenSaver tab under Display settings (WinXP Pro - SP2).
It happens on all profiles (new ones and existing ones the machine).
Does anyone know how to undo what I did?

Thanks.

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi No Spam - Try downloading and running (right click|merge) this file from
Kelly's site: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/sstabmissing.reg

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[Guest]

Thanks for the reply but kelly's .reg fix didn't correct it.
Any other ideas?

 

[Jim Byrd]

Well, first I'd suggest posting in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
and let the XP gurus there take a look at it. When you do, see if you can
also remember just what you were "playing around with". You'll probably
get better info there - my next step would be to suggest a Restore to a date
before you "did dat".

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[Guest]

Thanks.

What I was playing with was a Group Policy in an AD domain. I set the
policy to hide the tab, set a screen saver and password protect it. I
then went into the registry to see if it was possible to get it back
after the policy was implemented after logging in. That's where I ran
into trouble. I got the tab back, got to change the screensaver in the
registry directly but the tab options remain grayed out.

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi NoSpam - Do you have a Restore Point available/appropriate to fall back
to?

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