Screen saver does not start

[alberteinstein]

Hello Friends,

There is a prob with setting the scrren saver on my PC ( win98 64M PIII).
Although i select the required screen saver, ( from screen saver tab in display properties ),apply it & press ok , the screen saver does not start .When i go to the screen saver
tab again ,i find that the screen saver is set to none.
Solution?

thanx.
albert.

 

[alberteinstein]

Hi All ,
Some help for the problem mentioned in the prev post Plz.
thanx.
albert.

 

[realm174]

If you go to where you setup your screen saver, and click on preview, does it show on your screen?

Cheers,

Realm174

 

[itsfisko]

Hi I also have a sceensaver question.
How do I change the default screen saver that appears when no one is logged on?
Have tried HKEY_CURRENT_USER/CONTROL PANEL/DESKTOP/SCREENSAVE.EXE

But no go any Ideas any one?

Some lead, some follow....I just Hope!

 

[alberteinstein]

hi realm!
it does show the screensaver, when i click preview.i did change the screensaveractive
value to 1 in registry , still the problem
continues.
tx.

 

[itsfisko]

Try this

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

vbscript below.


Option Explicit

Set ws = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell&quot
Dim ws, t, p1, n, cn, MyBox, vbdefaultbutton
Dim itemtype

p1 = "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\"

n = ws.RegRead(p1 & "SCRNSAVE.EXE&quot
t = "Change ScreenSaver Entry"
cn = InputBox("Type in the name of the screensaver in this format: screensavername.scr", t, n)
If cn <> &quot;&quot; Then
ws.RegWrite p1 & &quot;SCRNSAVE.EXE&quot;, cn
End If

p1 = &quot;HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\&quot;

n = ws.RegRead(p1 & &quot;ScreenSaveTimeOut&quot
t = &quot;Change ScreenSaver Entry&quot;
cn = InputBox(&quot;Type in the amount of time 60 = 1min, 600 = 10min&quot;, t, n)
If cn <> &quot;&quot; Then
ws.RegWrite p1 & &quot;ScreenSaveTimeOut&quot;, cn
End If

MyBox = MsgBox(&quot;You must Log Off/Log On for the changes to take effect.&quot;, vbOKOnly,&quot;Done&quot

VisitKelly's Korner

Sub VisitKelly's Korner
If MsgBox(&quot;This script came from the Tweaks Section of Kelly's Korner&quot; & vbCRLF & vbCRLF & &quot;Would you like to visit Kelly's Web Site now?&quot;, vbQuestion + vbYesNo + vbDefaultButton, &quot;Visit Kelly's Korner&quot =6 Then
wshshell.Run &quot;

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm&quot;

End If
End Sub



Some lead, some follow....I just Hope!

 

[PAndersen]

An idea to set it in the file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI (?)
[boot]
....
SCRNSAVE.EXE=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\FLYING~1.SCR (to get Flying Windows)

 

[tsuji]

Hello all,

Just a few remarks:
[1] PAnderson posted the correct place where the data is stored. (win95/98/me)
[2] The script as refered by itsfisko is applicable to win2k. (xp --- I've no reason to doubt the

http://www reference.)

[3] Also the same line of reasonning, the scrnsaver.exe key is for win2k/xp, absolutely not for win 98/me.
[4] If by inspecting system.ini [boot] sector, you can discover the line similar to the one suggested by PAnderson and that you still cannot see it operating, then, you should inspect whether your system is on a &quot;selective startup&quot; mode. This, I would go for running msconfig.exe to make sure that either it is not in a selective startup mode, or, if yes, the [boot] sector in system.ini is not disabled (box unchecked.)
[5] If [4] does not correct the situation, make sure your display is compatible with driver.

regards - tsuji

 

[alberteinstein]

hi itsfisko,panderson,tsuji!& others !

thanx 4 ur reply.

how do i implement the vb script u gave , itsfisko?
jus tell me about it.

albert.

 

[alberteinstein]

hi all !

I did include [boot]
SCRNSAVE.EXE=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\FLYING~1.SCR
in system.ini, and the flying windows started after windows loaded.However on changing the scrennsaver,applying, and then when i checked the screnn saver is selected as
&quot;Flying windows &quot; only inthe properties.

My system is on selective start up mode , and yes [ boot] sector in system.ini tab is enables [ checked] .

Also note, my screen savers did work until a few months back. ( i probably got this problem after i reinstalled win98 )

regards,
albert.