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Registry key for enabling screensaver in Windows 7

Can someone tell me what the registry key is to enable the screensaver in Windows 7? We had a GPO that turned if off, now a machine thats off the network needs to be turned on and I need to find the registry key. Thanks

jcimarron

thomastxiee--
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaveActive Data value=1

See http://www.windows-commandline.com/disable-screensaver-registry-settings/ for a command.

sentner

There are multiple settings (timeout, password required, etc), all under:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

If all the other settings are good, but it just needs enabled, set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaveActive = 1
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaveActive = 1

I'm listing both the default and current users because this is a per-user setting. You may need to modify for any users who already exist on the box.

Thomas N

ASKER

screensaveractive is already set to 1. I still get the error. I attached a screenshot.
screensaver.bmp

sentner

Enabling those settings does not enable access to the display control panel itself. That access is controlled by the GPO.

jcimarron

thomastxiee --
That error message may point us to the fix. The problem is not the registry key.
See
http://www.onlinecomputertips.com/pc-troubleshooting/display_error.html

Thomas N

ASKER

Thanks jcimarron that worked to bring up the screensaver page but the options are grayed out. Can you show me where to change that setting?
screensaver.png

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