Screensavers greyed out!

[Anthony C]

Hi
Not sure when it happened but on the display properties screensaver tab the
dropdown button to select a screen saver is greyed out and is stuck on
Mystify. Yes all the screen savers are installed in either c:\windows or in
c:\windows\system32! Click on them independently and they work but are not
selectable in the normal way as described above. Not an earth shattereing
problem but an irritating niggle nonetheless! Any ideas anyone?

Thanks All

Anthony

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Anthony,

This happens if the Screensaver policy is set (via Registry or GPO).

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop]

Backup the key by exporting it to a REG file.

In the right-pane, delete "SCRNSAVE.EXE" entry.

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Group Policy Editor: Screen saver executable name
(User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display)
(HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop) SCRNSAVE.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp
------

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Hi
Not sure when it happened but on the display properties screensaver tab the
dropdown button to select a screen saver is greyed out and is stuck on
Mystify. Yes all the screen savers are installed in either c:\windows or in
c:\windows\system32! Click on them independently and they work but are not
selectable in the normal way as described above. Not an earth shattereing
problem but an irritating niggle nonetheless! Any ideas anyone?

Thanks All

Anthony

 

[Anthony C]

Thanks! Fixed it straight away!! Should have dawned on me it was to do with
profile policies as other logons were OK.
Thanks again!!
Anthony,

This happens if the Screensaver policy is set (via Registry or GPO).

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control
Panel\Desktop]

Backup the key by exporting it to a REG file.

In the right-pane, delete "SCRNSAVE.EXE" entry.

------
Group Policy Editor: Screen saver executable name
(User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display)
(HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop)
SCRNSAVE.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp
------

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Hi
Not sure when it happened but on the display properties screensaver tab the
dropdown button to select a screen saver is greyed out and is stuck on
Mystify. Yes all the screen savers are installed in either c:\windows or in
c:\windows\system32! Click on them independently and they work but are not
selectable in the normal way as described above. Not an earth shattereing
problem but an irritating niggle nonetheless! Any ideas anyone?

Thanks All

Anthony

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Glad to be of help!

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Thanks! Fixed it straight away!! Should have dawned on me it was to do with
profile policies as other logons were OK.
Thanks again!!
Anthony,

This happens if the Screensaver policy is set (via Registry or GPO).

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control
Panel\Desktop]

Backup the key by exporting it to a REG file.

In the right-pane, delete "SCRNSAVE.EXE" entry.

------
Group Policy Editor: Screen saver executable name
(User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display)
(HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop)
SCRNSAVE.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp
------

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Hi
Not sure when it happened but on the display properties screensaver tab the
dropdown button to select a screen saver is greyed out and is stuck on
Mystify. Yes all the screen savers are installed in either c:\windows or in
c:\windows\system32! Click on them independently and they work but are not
selectable in the normal way as described above. Not an earth shattereing
problem but an irritating niggle nonetheless! Any ideas anyone?

Thanks All

Anthony