how do I change the system idle time before the screen saver start-up
I have Admin rights to my XP machine, but when I look at properties -> screen saver, the wait time is locked (grayed out )at 5 mins which is really annoying.
I looked at the registry under
HKEY_USERS -> .DEFAULT-> Control Panel -> Desktop -> ScreenSave Timeout
and the value is set to 600, which is 10 mins.
I am guessing that my domain/active directory has set the time out at 5 mins, is there any way I can go about and change this for my local machine.
thanks
Read more: How to Change the Screensaver Timeout in the Registry | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5187761_change-screensaver-timeout-registry.html#ixzz0ysQ44L2j
I looked at the registry under
HKEY_USERS -> .DEFAULT-> Control Panel -> Desktop -> ScreenSave Timeout
and the value is set to 600, which is 10 mins.
I am guessing that my domain/active directory has set the time out at 5 mins, is there any way I can go about and change this for my local machine.
thanks
Read more: How to Change the Screensaver Timeout in the Registry | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5187761_change-screensaver-timeout-registry.html#ixzz0ysQ44L2j
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If you try changing your screen saver to something other than what is currently selected, does the grey box go away (does it let you edit the time)?
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I cant even change the screen saver, I think it has to do with a policy set at the domain, not on my local computer, is there any way I can by pass it?
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