Screensaver gets set to None

[Guest]

IFirst I'll tell you I already tried the suggestions here that say to go to
Kelly's corner and those didn't work. I'm having problems with some not all
screensavers not working. I'll set it but then it goes back to none. Even
happens on new ones I install that never did it before. All my screensavers
I have had for a few years and this is the first time I had this problem.

Any other suggestions?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

John,

If you have Windows XP Professional, you can set a registry audit for the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

By setting audit, you can track the application that's resetting the SCRNSAVE.EXE registry value.

Example:

How to use Group Policy to configure auditing of Windows registry keys in XP Professional?:
http://www.winxptutor.com/auditreg.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


IFirst I'll tell you I already tried the suggestions here that say to go to
Kelly's corner and those didn't work. I'm having problems with some not all
screensavers not working. I'll set it but then it goes back to none. Even
happens on new ones I install that never did it before. All my screensavers
I have had for a few years and this is the first time I had this problem.

Any other suggestions?

 

[Guest]

No I have home version so what do I do for that?


John

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Google for "regmon" utility.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


No I have home version so what do I do for that?


John

 

[Guest]

Ok I got it and I'm going to install it, then what do I do with it, more info
please?

John

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Add "SCRNSAVE.EXE" in the filter (Include string) and have it running. If an application tries to modify SCRNSAVE.EXE registry value, RegMon will show that. However, this won't help much if an app tries to modify SCRNSAVE.EXE value during logon or shutdown.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Ok I got it and I'm going to install it, then what do I do with it, more info
please?

John

 

[Guest]

well I hope I did this right:
203.12783813 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

203.12803650 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKCU\Software\Classes\Applications\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

203.12806702 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKCR\Applications\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT
FOUND

203.12817383 explorer.exe:1300 QueryValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache\C:\Documents
and Settings\Grahm.HOME-E87075FD81\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

203.12901306 explorer.exe:1300 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache\C:\Documents
and Settings\Grahm.HOME-E87075FD81\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE SUCCESS "SCRNSAVE"

203.12911987 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

203.12915039 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

203.12921143 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

204.59408569 Tmntsrv.exe:1740 SetValue HKLM\Software\TrendMicro\PC-cillin\15\ScanInfo\LastScanFile SUCCESS "C:\DOCUME~1\GRAHM~1.HOM\DESKTOP\SCRNSAVE.EXE"

212.21289063 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

212.21380615 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

214.92518616 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

217.88002014 rundll32.exe:2824 QueryValue HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

217.88015747 rundll32.exe:2824 QueryValue HKCU\Control
Panel\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE SUCCESS """C:\WINDOWS\Nite Before Christmas.scr"""

226.65017700 rundll32.exe:2824 QueryValue HKCU\Control
Panel\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE BUFFER OVERFLOW

226.65020752 rundll32.exe:2824 SetValue HKCU\Control
Panel\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE SUCCESS """C:\WINDOWS\Nite Before Christmas.scr"""

227.61851501 rundll32.exe:2824 QueryValue HKCU\Control
Panel\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE BUFFER OVERFLOW

227.61853027 rundll32.exe:2824 SetValue HKCU\Control
Panel\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE SUCCESS """C:\WINDOWS\Nite Before Christmas.scr"""

Add "SCRNSAVE.EXE" in the filter (Include string) and have it running. If an application tries to modify SCRNSAVE.EXE registry value, RegMon will show that. However, this won't help much if an app tries to modify SCRNSAVE.EXE value during logon or shutdown.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Ok I got it and I'm going to install it, then what do I do with it, more info
please?

John

Google for "regmon" utility.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


No I have home version so what do I do for that?


John

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You did this right, but no application modified this value yet. Keep this running for a while. Also exclude the "HKLM" entries in the filtering options. Then uncheck "Log opens" and "Log reads" option. You want to monitor writes only.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


well I hope I did this right:
203.12783813 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

203.12803650 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKCU\Software\Classes\Applications\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

203.12806702 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKCR\Applications\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT
FOUND

203.12817383 explorer.exe:1300 QueryValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache\C:\Documents
and Settings\Grahm.HOME-E87075FD81\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

203.12901306 explorer.exe:1300 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache\C:\Documents
and Settings\Grahm.HOME-E87075FD81\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE SUCCESS "SCRNSAVE"

203.12911987 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

203.12915039 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

203.12921143 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

204.59408569 Tmntsrv.exe:1740 SetValue HKLM\Software\TrendMicro\PC-cillin\15\ScanInfo\LastScanFile SUCCESS "C:\DOCUME~1\GRAHM~1.HOM\DESKTOP\SCRNSAVE.EXE"

212.21289063 explorer.exe:1300 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\SCRNSAVE.EXE NOT FOUND

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Don't know why this happens. You may try setting the screensaver in the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Alter the value data for SCRNSAVE.EXE

Close Regedit.exe

Restart Windows

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


See I don't know how this will help. Here's what happens, I'll set a
screensaver and it styas there until I close the display properties, as soon
as I close it I open it and in the list it says it's set to none. It doesn't
even get a chance to run so checking it as it's running is not going to help
because it doesn't run, it gets set back to none as soon as I close the
display properties box.

John

 

[Guest]

Oh I found out what's causing it I just don't know how to stop it. When I go
into the registry the scrnsave.exe puts "" "" on the screensaver. If I
delete them the saver works. How do I stop the quotation marks from coming
up?

John

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Can't reproduce the problem here. (Windows XP Professional SP2 / IE7). IOW, quotes are not added to the scrnsave.exe value.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Oh I found out what's causing it I just don't know how to stop it. When I go
into the registry the scrnsave.exe puts "" "" on the screensaver. If I
delete them the saver works. How do I stop the quotation marks from coming
up?

John