Re: Suppressing the screen saver

There are ways around policies if your IT people won't make an exception for you. Have you asked them?

Visit here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top.
Scroll down to...
230. Right hand side
Wait is Greyed Out under Screen Saver Tab

waitgreyedout.reg is the file that you want.

waitgreyedout.reg disables ScreenSaveTimeOut, the Screen Saver timeout policy.

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop
ScreenSaveTimeOut
Can be set from a minimum of 1 second to a maximum of 86,400 seconds, or 24 hours. If set to zero, the screen saver will not be started.

Sounds like your IT folks have ScreenSaveTimeOut set to 1800, in seconds for a time of 30 minutes.

If the Screen Saver tab is missing completely from Display Properties.

51. ScreenSaver Disable/Enable or Tab Missing
Click on Tab Missing.

sstabmissing.reg is the file.

sstabmissing.reg disables NoDispScrSavPage, the Hide Screen Saver tab policy.

[[To use the Regedits: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. ]]

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:%232S$0bQoHHA.4188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Swifty <Steve.J.Swift@xxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Windows Media Player has an option to suppress the screen saver if it is
active.
Is there a simpler program which would achieve the same effect?

I can't just turn off the screen saver, as my company enforces a setting
that it cuts in after 30 minutes inactivity.
This is all very reasonable in an open office, or public place, but I
work from home, and my desktop PC isn't going anywhere. If an intruder
got in, they'd be too busy avoiding my dogs' teeth to worry about
hacking my PC.

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Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk

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