We can configure screensaver settings through display settings. Screensaver can be configured from windows command line as well.
To set the screensaver to ‘None‘ from command line:
reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" /v SCRNSAVE.EXE /f
To set the screensaver to ‘Blank‘ from command line:
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" /v SCRNSAVE.EXE /t REG_SZ /d C:\Windows\system32\scrnsave.scr /f
You can get the list of screen saver options you have :
dir c:\windows\system32\*scr /b
On my windows 7 system it shows the following screensavers
C:\Users\administrator>dir c:\windows\system32\*scr /b Bubbles.scr Mystify.scr PhotoScreensaver.scr Ribbons.scr scrnsave.scr ssText3d.scr C:\Users\administrator>
To set Bubbles as the screensaver you need to run the following command from command line.
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" /v SCRNSAVE.EXE /t REG_SZ /d C:\Windows\system32\Bubbles.scr /f
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how do you change the time to wait until active?
To change the timeout limit for activating the screen saver you can run the below command.
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" /v ScreenSaveTimeOut /t REG_SZ /d 600 /f
The above command sets the timeout to 10 minutes(regkey stores the value in seconds: 10*60)
For some reason can't get the TimeOut to work. I got a 5 minute policy so I set it to 300, but it remains on 10 minutes..
I want to delete the screen savers set by Bing.
Run this after changing registry, or it won't work (Windows 7 but probably other versions, too):
rundll32.exe user32.dll, UpdatePerUserSystemParameters
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" /v ScreenSaveTimeOut /t REG_SZ /d 600 /f
above command works well. registry value updated. but user need to reboot!
then it will be work well..
how do I make it go to lock screen after it wakes up?
How do you set the folder used by the slideshow screensaver ?
Thanks, it works well at W7! But RESTART is required!
I wish someone could try to answer this: My screen saver is set @ 15- minutes. It will timeout at 15 or either 20- minutes. Why is it doing this? It has worked fine until recently. It run Windows Vista personal computer.
Thank you!