XP Home Screensaver

[E/B]

Use laptop infrequently. Now note XP Home screensaver appearing and
wandering over monitor screen. Followed instructions for registry edit
and changed the Desktop Screen Saver values to 0. Screensaver continues
to appear. What did I miss?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Use laptop infrequently. Now note XP Home screensaver appearing and
wandering over monitor screen. Followed instructions for registry
edit and changed the Desktop Screen Saver values to 0. Screensaver
continues to appear. What did I miss?

You changed the registry to stop the screensaver?

What about right-clicking on the background and choosing properties and
changing things under the "Screensaver" tab?

 

[E/B]

Thanks, Shenan. Your way worked (as I expected).
I don't delve into 'inner workings' often and didn't think about the
Display area. Out of curiosity what would be rational explanation for
the registry changes not to be effective/overriding? (For me that was a
'last resort').

: E/B wrote:
: > Use laptop infrequently. Now note XP Home screensaver appearing and
: > wandering over monitor screen. Followed instructions for registry
: > edit and changed the Desktop Screen Saver values to 0. Screensaver
: > continues to appear. What did I miss?
:
: You changed the registry to stop the screensaver?
:
: What about right-clicking on the background and choosing properties
and
: changing things under the "Screensaver" tab?
:
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[Shenan Stanley]

Thanks, Shenan. Your way worked (as I expected).
I don't delve into 'inner workings' often and didn't think about the
Display area. Out of curiosity what would be rational explanation
for the registry changes not to be effective/overriding? (For me
that was a 'last resort').

Not knowing what keys you changed - no way of telling.

This location:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0"
"ScreenSaveTimeOut"="600"
"ScreenSaveActive"="1"
"SCRNSAVE.EXE"="scrnsave.scr"

That would be pre-logon.

This location:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0"
"ScreenSaveTimeOut"="1200"
"ScreenSaveActive"="1"
"SCRNSAVE.EXE"="scrnsave.scr"

That would be the current accounts setting.