after selecting screen saver (click-apply-ok) reverts to "none" 1

[dizazzle]

Hi. The preloaded (ss=screensaver) ss works but downloaded ss do not. When selected preview is shown but after applying and clicking ok - I reopen and "none" is displayed in ss box. I've already tried going through my computer - no help.

Thank you in advance
diz

 

[stduc]

A little more information would be helpful - But two possibilities spring immediately to mind.

Are you an admin user and is this a home PC because if at work the GPO may be preventing you?

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[linney]

Check this Registry Location
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Check the Value "SCRNSAVE.EXE"

See what location it is pointing to, and whether the Access Permissions for the Registry Key are correct.


"No guarantees this will work, as XP has very fussy notions about what is an acceptable screensaver:

. The file extension must be .scr
. The file must be located in %winder%\system32
. The screensaver must support dynamic installation. Right-click each screensaver file, Install. It either installs or it does not.
. Having "Installed" the screensavers, reboot before attempting to use. These are an odd sort of shortcut file internally to XP, and the registry needs to be re-read to accommodate your new installations of screensavers.
. If the above does not work, forget about that screeensaver. Find one that will pass the above tests under XP."

Check Group Policy (GpEdit.msc in Run Box).

Local Computer Policy/ User Configuration/ Administrative Templates/ Control Panel/
Click on Display and see if any of the Screensaver options are disabled.

 

[dizazzle]

Hello and thank you again for your time and support.

After navigating to the specified location I
find 3 entries:

ScreenSaveActive REG_SZ 0
ScreenSaverIsSecure REG_SZ 0
ScreenSaverTimeout REG_SZ 420

No SCRNSAVE.exe that I can see. Shall I create

a new oner proceed to the system32 file?

Thank you for your time and support.
Muchas Gracias

 

[linney]

Try the first two reg values with data of 1 instead of 0.

ScreenSaverTimeout REG_SZ 420 is a wait of 7 minutes for any Screensaver to kick in.

Try creating a new Value (REG_SZ type) for SCRNSAVE.exe and point it to the location of your screensaver.scr in the System32 folder.

Make sure that Group Policy has not disabled any screensaver too.