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• settings screen saver options are grayed out on Windows 7

  screen saver issues: original title

  I am eager to turn the password on the screen saver and it won't let me the option are greyed out it is set to go to 3 minutes and it wont let me change these settings. Help help

  Hi melharstad,

   

  (1) have you been able to change the settings before screensaver?

  (2) do you use the computer as an administrator?

  Method 1: If a Protection of resources Windows (WRP) file is missing or is damaged, Windows may not behave as expected. Auditor of file system (CFS) scan to fix all of the corrupted system files. To do this, follow the steps mentioned in the link below:

  How to use the System File Checker tool to fix the system files missing or corrupted on Windows Vista or Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833

  Method 2:

  (a) go to START > run and type REGEDIT and press ENTER. The Registry Editor opens.

  (b) find the following registry key:

  (c) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop

  (d) find the entry that says SCRNSAVE. EXE and the clear key.

  (e) also, if you have an entry that says ScreenSaveActive, delete this key as well.

  Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
  How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

• Mac Pro freezes on the screen saver 10.11.5

  Have a Mac Pro and have a problem when the system freezes and locks up and must power cycle back.    He had related app so tested, but also happens with no apps running third and now thinking seems to be related screensaver.  I have turned off the screen saver and will see what happens now.  However, someone else has the issue of the screensaver crashing the OS X on a Mac Pro to 10.11.5?

  No, I have not heard of this.

  You do not all apps of third parties running in the foreground, but can still cause the problem. Boot in safe mode (hold down the SHIFT key when starting) and see if the problem persists when the screen saver is used.

• Office and loading photo-screen saver

  Recently, Mac Book Pro, my wife (2009) started acting incorrectly when we go to active corners or the timer expires and should load the photos.

  If I look at the screen saver preferences, we have a relatively small designated images folder. Photos of maybe 20. In preferences, we can see many lines of small images and it may be that the number of lines continues to rise. If we use Active corners or the timer expires, the screen goes black and after a minute or two, the message loading Photos appears.

  I looked at all the pictures in the folder and none are corrupt. They all will normally open in preview or Graphic Converter. I tried to change to another photo folder and get the same problem.

  I think rather than Office preferences and screen saver is damaged or it is maybe something stored in a library that is corrupted.

  I tried to restart the laptop with the SHIFT key is pressed twice and that did not help.

  This who should I try next.

  Its operating system is 10.11.4 and the Mac laptop is mid-2009.

  Suggestions on what do I do then?

  Howdy Gil Woolley,

  Thank you for using communities Support from Apple.

  I understand that you run into problems when you try to use your photos as screensaver on Mac. your wife you mentioned that you have been able to open these photos on their own with no problem, so you have tried other photos also?  If this isn't the case, I suggest that you try and make the desktop folder photos after your screen saver to see if the problem persists:

  / Library/screen saver by default/Collections

  If Yes, then the next step that I suggest is to test this behavior in a new user account:

  How to test with another user account

  You can find out if unexpected behavior is related to the user file or a parameter in trying to reproduce the problem to a different user account. This process includes creating a new user account, connect to it and test for the issue.

  Create a test user account

  1. In the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
  2. Click the users and groups in the System Preferences window.
  3. Click the lock icon and enter an administrator name and password.
  4. Click on the button Add (+) below the list of users.
  5. Choose a type of user in the new pop-up menu.
  6. Give the user a name and first name, account name, and password.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Close the System Preferences window.

  If there are documents from your user account that you want to test with original, place a copy of these items in the shared folder in the users folder. Press the Option key while dragging a file in this folder to create a copy.

  Connect to the test user account

  Log out of your current user account by choosing logout in the Apple menu, and then open a session the new account that you created. If you are prompted to login with your iCloud or Apple ID account when you log in, skip this step.

  Try to reproduce the problem

  Try the same steps that caused the unexpected behavior to appear. For example, if you are unable to print, try printing from this user account. If you were unable to connect to the Internet, try to navigate on a website of this user account.

  How to test a question in another account on your Mac.

  Please report back with your results so that we can further this issue.

  Take care.

• screen saver not illuminate, lack of MSVCR100.dll

  I lost my screen saver and the monitor will blak with a note that he cannot find the MSVCR100.dll

  Hello
   
  1. what version of Windows are you using?
  2 have you made changes on the computer before this problem?
  3. What is the exact full error message?
   
   
  I suggest you try these methods and check.
   
  Method 1:
  Computers running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 no longer meets a black screen, if a screen saver is activated.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/976427

  Method 2:

  Keep the computer in a clean boot and check the status of the issue. How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135 Note: please go to step 7 of the Kb to maintain the computer to a normal startup after you fix the problem

  Method 3:

  How to use the System File Checker tool to fix the system files missing or corrupted on Windows Vista or Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833

• Screen saver does not work

  In the last few weeks my screen saver stopped coming.  I can run it manually.  It seems to have started just after a Windows update auto.  I looked at other issues in this forum and others, but the patches or the accompanying problems do not correspond to my question.
  Help, please.

  Assumed as replied, without other added messages

• 3D Windows XP screen saver does not work after a CMOS battery failure

  I have a dual-boot Windows XP / Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit set in place.  Somehow, after a flat battery CMOS, my 3D screemsavers do not work.  I mainly use the Windows 7 but I'm checking the XP.  The screen saver settings seem OK but the preview and the screen saver appears not to do 3D.  I've updated my drivers nVidia GTX 275.

  Note Pleaser that everything works well under Windows 7.

  Hi smlunatick,.

  (1) what version of Windows XP are you using?
  (2) if it works much earlier?
  (3) you use multiple screens?
  (4) were there any changes to the computer before the question?
   
  See the method mentioned below.
  You receive an error message when you try to use or to preview a 3-d screen saver in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/925086
   
  Three-dimensional screen savers may not appear correctly on computers that use multiple monitors in Windows XP
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/839693
   
  3D screen saver may not work if you extend the desktop on some portable computers
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/325550
   
  Get back to us with more information on the issue so that we can send the exact resolution.

• Windows XP Pro SP3, screen saver does not login / welcome screen.

  Windows XP Pro, SP3

  Recently made a clean installation fees.

  Now, every time the logon / Welcome screen, screen saver will not invoke after the specified time-out period.

  If the computer is on any other screen, a screen saver will call after the specified time-out period.

  I can't understand why the screen saver will invoke is no longer when the connection / welcome screen appears.

  If anyone has any input on this, I would appreciate it.

  Thank you.

  Hello DavidHarris00009,

  The Microsoft Answers community focuses on issues and problems related to the consumer environment. Please join the public IT pro TechNet forums below:
  TechNet - Windows Server
   
  Thank you

• Monitor turns off after 5 minutes & password protect when he wakes up. View properties - > screen saver "Wait: __minutes" and "on RESUME, Password Protect" checkboxes are grayed out.

  Help, please!

  I'm on a processor to work, so I've limited the administrative rights on the computer. My work function requires that I propose on the desktop to help others with professional assignments.

  THE PROBLEM: After 5 minutes of inactivity mouse/keyboard of the monitor off on the processor to work, she does not even go to a screensaver first, the screen turns off just in standby mode. When the mouse is moved or a key is struck, the screen lights up with a name/password user. I am developing carpal tunnel / repetitive stress syndrome having to retype my username and password so darn times per day, at the expense of some administrative setting of BOGUS Microsoft Windows... SHEESH!

  When I click on Start-> settings-> Control Panel-> display-> Display Properties-> screen saver , the "Wait: __minutes" and "On resume, password protect" checkboxes are GRISEES OUT [you can't edit these settings] . In addition, the default screen saver is set to void and no matter how many times I change it to something else and click 'Apply' return empty by default.

  TWO SERIOUS CONCERNS:

  Un When I'm away from my desk for more than 5 minutes, if someone arrives at my office, looking for me, it seems that my machine is completely off, so that co-workers can get the impression that I am out of the office when I could very well be just down the Hall.

  Two The Office I'm implemented in a motion sensor energy saving lights in the office, if the lighting turns off automatically too, so if I'm missing in the server room or help someone at their work station for an extended period of time, if someone comes to my office, looking for me, my machine seems to be completely off AND turned off the lights in my room , so it's as if I has not yet come to the office that day there! GRR...

  MICROSOFT, HELP US TO FIND a WORKAROUND: Help us make our work computers appear as they are wake / turned on while we are working work - especially when we ARE at work, just not physically sit behind our office temporarily work! GOOD GRIEF...

  Help us not to disturb our admins with specialized personal requests like these, they already have enough on their plate, ensuring that the network is in place and functioning.

  -JUDGES on Temp. Job Day @ assignment
  (Chained to a machine working at the expense of some fake Microsoft Windows administrator rights)

  PS. I have a screenshot of my locked dialog box display-> screen saver properties if you need more information. I wish I could download it right on this post to make things clear.

  PPS. Isn't it above described situation in the heart of the reason why employers more these days this demand we have iPhones, BlackBerry and SmartPhones? Because doctors and human beings humans with a bit of common sense finally realized that we must be sure that we move around during the day, at least several times per day, not only the stationary to our office location - watch a screen - ensuring that move us the mouse every five minutes so that our machine is not hibernate and look like it is not to do anything?

  PPP. If Microsoft can not help me with a work around for this issue because this issue is, 'something that I take with my 'network administrator',' kiss my _______! Everyone must be wrong because of the stupid administrative _ like this and if yes - I NEED TO KNOW - maybe I was just not cut for a job on time full computer.

  PEACE

  Hello JDG_SF, welcome.

  These options are very likely controlled by your GP (Group Policy) settings on your domain. Due to the nature of the work of rights how administrative, there is no way to work around this problem, unless you have access to change group policy settings that affect all the machines on your network.

  You would need to access or to change the settings of GP or find someone who already has access.

  For more information or get in-depth help, I would recommend pass this question to TechNet:
  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en/categories/

  Thank you! Ryan Thieman
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• How can I disable the screen saver when you run apps fullscreen.

  Using vista 64 bit and I cannot figure out how to disable the screensaver for the apps full screen.   I don't know how to WMP, but when you watch a video fullscreen online he goes to the standby.   Used to be able to do it with xp.

  Hello deadeyea09,
   
  Welcome and thank you for viewing on Microsoft Answers - Vista Community Forums!

  We need more information to be able to help on this issue.

  1. what applications are fullscreen you use?

  2. which site we use to play video online?

  Options to disable the screen saver need to have within this player in particular, watching movies online, if there is no option to turn it off, then we need to turn off the screen saver manually. Please follow the instructions below to turn off manually:

  1) click Start and then click Control Panel

  2) click on Customize

  3) click on screen saver

  (4) select NONE under screen saver

  5) click apply and close the window

  Please let us know if it helps.

  Thank you and best regards,
  Diana D
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Screen saver starts to turn, or screen turns white & we crazy!

  No matter what I have the screen saver setting is on my Dell Studio laptop, the computer seems to go in the screen saver in about 4-5 minutes. Even when the setting is set to: NONE, the computer will still screen white/black. I checked and reset for computer & monitor and monitor power settings is set to 'Never' turn it off. I usually screen set to screen saver 'empty' is not using any mobile video action animated on the screen.

  This started happening over a few months, if not so fixed in 10 minutes or 15 minutes, or even screen saver of 60 minutes affecting the computer used for the operation of standby screen impeccable. All the time he began to have problems with screen saver "wallpaper" background is had on desktop would be replaced with the default Windows and background when first start upward or just before closing down-stop, is the issue of wallpaper for only 1 to 2 seconds.

  Anyone has any ideas what could be my challenge to laptops? Thanks for all the ideas and intuitions. Try to take classes online and the registration of classroom sessions are a challenge when the screen becomes black and white every 4-5 minutes without pressing any key or move the mouse every minute of couple. / dk

  Hello

   

  I suggest you to check the boot issue.

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  Note: Please don't follow step No 7 the link above to restore the computer to a normal startup.

• On the screen saver Windows 7

  Don't know why, but when I put my screen saver and I select the pictures for her.  Then I go settings for it and the animations for the photos do not appear

  Hello

  Since this problem started when you have performed a clean boot, follow the steps below to resolve this issue:

  1. Press Windows + R and type msconfig in the run window.
  2. Under the terms of Start Up, make sure that all applications are enabled.
  3. Under Services, make sure that each executable file is checked.
  4. Click on apply, and then restart the computer.

  Let us know how it goes.

• Screen Saver policy area group settings

  I'm trying to implement GPO to set the screensavers on all users in my area. I'll put the user configuration-> policies-> administrative templates-> Control Panel / settings for customizing as follows:

  Activate the screen saver: enabled
  Specific screen power saver: enabled
  The name of the screensaver exe: scrnsave.scr
  Password protect the screen saver: enabled
  Prevent the change the screensaver: enabled
  Screen saver timeout: number of 1800 seconds (30 minutes)
  On six test computers, both windows XP and the four windows machines 7 everything works as it should.
  When I push it to my area on 30 computers have the screensaver kick in at random intervals, some as little as a minute.
  I did some research and determined that, on some machines, the GPO is not written the existing already defined users out time, screensaver or in the case of them having not quite a game uses a timer to one minute. The registry keys on a few computers I checked all vary. Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER-> Panel-> office: some computers have the right number of parameters, but are not defined to those pushed by the GPO. Some have only the ScreenSaveActive parameter, this computer still works as it should however. I found that if I go and change the screen of sleep timeout manually on some computers and applied, then they work as they should. I wonder why the GPO overrides any setting that users were able to previously and use those that is pushed down to them. If I have nothing done wrong or missed some setting or anything as to why they do not work as they should.

  Hello

  Please contact the Microsoft Community.

  I would have you post your query in the TechNet forums because it caters to an audience of it professionals.

  Check out the link-

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itprosecurity/threads

  Back to us for any issues related to Windows in the future. We will be happy to help you.

• Screen saver has an error message preventing the opening

  Screensaver displays an error message prevents the opening. Help

  Hello Robert,.

  I would like to know some information about the problem so that we can help you better.

  What is the full error message when you say, "screen saver has an error message preventing the opening"?

  Thank you for details on the issue.

  I also know that the inconvenience you are experiencing due to problem of screen saver. I will definitely help you.

  This problem can occur because of incorrect or corrupt files of Windows power settings.

  I would suggest trying the following methods and check if it helps.

  Method 1:
  Create a new power plan and check the issue.
  Refer to this article:
  Change, create, or delete a power plan (scheme)
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/change-create-delete-power-plan-scheme#1TC=Windows-7

  If this does not help, use method 2.

  Method 2:
  Run checker (SFC) of file system and see if it helps.
  Reference:
  Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files
  https://support.Microsoft.com/en-us/KB/929833

  System File Checker is a Windows utility that allows users to find corruptions in Windows system files and restore the damaged files.

  I hope this information helps.

  Please let us know if you need more help.

  Thank you

• Screen saver does not start automatically

  original title; SCREEN SAVER DOES NOT START AUTOMATICALLY

  My screensaver stopped automatically to come if I use an excerpt it's turns on and will remain lit.  How can I fix or can uninstall and reinstall?

  It becomes a problem growing with the screen savers. The issue is background programs and services that are enough tasks that the computer never thinks that it becomes "inactive". Programs cannot do any real work, but are cycling through their operations individual enough to keep the computer "awake".

  Try to start your computer with a "clean boot", (see Microsoft Support articles below). If this resolves the issue and you definitely want your screen saver, you'll have to discern what substantive programs and services that you can live without being active all the time, and turn them off.

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  Perform a clean boot to determine if background programs interfere with your game or program
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/331796

  For what it's worth, the systems that I watched recently with this problem were 'smart phone' synchronization software recently installed and who is constantly looking for something to synchronize with regardles to know if they are connected to what whether or not. Change the start of these programs and services 'on demand' to 'always' solves the problem in these cases.

  • If this proposal of solution solves your problem, please go back and mark as answer for others to consider.