- Screensavers are gone/grayed out.
- Posted by PhotoMan1993x2 on May 9th, 2008
Hi I just installed Microsoft's win XP 3-d screensaver. As soon as I went to
the screensavers tab it was totally grayed out except the power saver button
way on the bottom. There is no uninstall in the add/remove tab in control.
The.scr resides in windows directory. Manually removed, then reinstalled, no
effect. Don't want a system restore since I just upgraded to XP SP3.
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Thank you everyone for any help you can give me!
- Posted by Rich Barry on May 9th, 2008
Try this procedure
Go to START->RUN and type REGEDIT. This will open the registry editor.
Find the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\
Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop
Find the entry that says SCRNSAVE.EXE and delete the key.
Also, if you have an entry that says ScreenSaveActive, delete this key as
well.
Once you do this, you should be able to select a screen saver.
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- Posted by Brian K on May 11th, 2008
On 5/9/2008 7:02 PM Rich Barry plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and
said:
click on File menu and select Export. It's always a good idea to back
up, even if you are making a minor change suggested by a reliable
source. If you make an error, you have a current backup to restore from.
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- Posted by TaurArian on May 11th, 2008
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line#51 - ScreenSaver Disable , Enable or Tab Missing
Line#128 - Restore Desktop and Screensaver Tabs
Line #227 - Restore/Enable Screensaver Tab Settings/Display
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"PhotoMan1993x2" <PhotoMan1993x2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:016425C2-5D26-4035-B485-8E8A16E73503@microsoft.com...
| Hi I just installed Microsoft's win XP 3-d screensaver. As soon as I went to
| the screensavers tab it was totally grayed out except the power saver button
| way on the bottom. There is no uninstall in the add/remove tab in control.
| The.scr resides in windows directory. Manually removed, then reinstalled, no
| effect. Don't want a system restore since I just upgraded to XP SP3.
| --
| Thank you everyone for any help you can give me!
