Re: Screen Saver Settings Lost
From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/31/04
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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 05:28:18 -0500
Hi Hugh,
This is not a gotcha at all. Either you are running Seti@home are you
aren't:
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
-- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Hugh" <hugh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:34cf01c48f43$829eea10$a601280a@phx.gbl... Hi Kelly, I forced the program to export to an SCR file named HUGH.SCR. I could then select this from the drop-down on the screen saver page. The setting was still lost after the reboot however... So, I edited the registry and found that it was pointing to SETIHOME.SCR (I'm running Seti@Home)... perhaps this is wiping the setting during startup - the software runs in the background, and is set to run at startup... an undocumented gotcha by the looks of things! After editing the registry, the setting to HUGH.SCR was saved, so I'm all happy now :-) Many Thanks for the assistance! Hugh. >-----Original Message----- >Hi Hugh, > >Suggestions: > >Check your setting for the screensavers path. > >Here are some examples: > >Marine Aquarium 2.scr > rename it to > MarineAquarium2.scr > >In the registry, screensaver will work correctly if it is listed as so: >c:\windows\system32\marine~1.scr > >Screen Savers do not work correctly if listed as so: >""c:\windows\system32\marine aquarium 2.scr"" > >Troubleshooting Screen Saver Issues in XP >http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm#ss > >Screen Saver May Not Start in Windows XP >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;326719 > >-- >All the Best, >Kelly > >Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP >2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award > >Troubleshooting Windows XP >http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com > >Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! >http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm > > > >"Hugh" <hugh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >news:346201c48f3b$bf131dc0$a601280a@phx.gbl... >> >> Greetings, >> I have modified my desktop background to use a JPG image, >> which is displayed correctly when I logout/login again. >> I downloaded a program called "Picture And Sound Show", >> which is a screen saver, and installed/configured it >> succesfully. >> However, when I reboot, although the desktop background >> is what I set it to, the screen saver reverts to "None". >> I can select the P&SS program from the drop-down list, >> and it works OK again - but it reverts again to "None" >> when I reboot. >> The "Themes" tab shows "Modified Theme". >> I have tried using the "Save User Settings" tweak from >> Kelly's Korner, no joy... >> Any assistance appreciated - this is becoming annoying.. >> . >> >> > > >. >
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