WinXP screensaver won't go away

[Guest]

No matter what I set my screensaver to, it always goes back to the floating
WINXP LOGO. I've tried uninstalling , changing the winlogo to a different
..bmp and all kind of things. I've installed third party screensavers but
after reboot it always defaults back to the floating XP logo as a
screensaver. I've turned off power options....etc.
HELP

 

[Guest]

look in the registry under
HKEY_USERS\++++++\Control Panel\Desktop
the ++++++ means all profiles, under
SCRNSAVE.EXE="what you would like to see"

I would especially look where ++++++ is DEFAULT.

 

[Guest]

It shows the scr which I've chosen but won't run.
I followed the advice of another post and turned the screensaveractive=0 and
at least now the WinXP doesn't come on but neither does anything else.
All instances shows the correctly chosen scr but no go.....
Thanks but ........

 

[Guest]

Actually, now that I've rebooted the SCR works as normal.
I guess the registry fix worked but only after reboot.????
thought the registry changes took effect immediately but not this time.
Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[Guest]

Kool...

FYIO...a lot of the registry tweaks only work after a reboot or a log off
and log on...depending on what you have changed...sometimes they work right
away.

I make it a standard practice to reboot after I've been playing in the
registry.