Why did the the screen saver tab missing from real estate to XP

Under display properties, my screen saver tab is missing and I can't change the time-out settings...

Hello

1. have you made changes on the computer recently?

Method 1.
a. click on start, then run.

b. type gpedit.msc in the Run dialog box.

c. press ENTER on your keyboard.

d. in the Group Policy Editor, navigate to:

User configuration > administrative templates > Control Panel > display

e. double-click the tab hide screen saver.

f. Select not configured.

NOTE: If the screen saver tab is missing on a per user account basis then the method above does not work, you must use the registry editor to remove the group policy.

Method 2.
Manual steps using the Windows XP registry

Registry warning:

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:

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/322756

a. click on start, then run.

b. type regedit.exe in the Run dialog box.

c. press ENTER on your keyboard.

d. navigate to:

HKCU

e. NoDispScrSavPage do a right-click to select Edit.

f. change the value to 0.

g. access:

HKLM

h. NoDispScrSavPage do a right-click to select Edit.

i. replace the value 0.

j. exit the registry (Regedit.exe) editor.

I hope this helps.

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