Welcome Screen

[deb]

Is there a way to apply a screensaver to the welcome
screen? It seems rather pointless to have a screensaver
on each individual desktop since we all log off after
each session. I would like to see something other than
the Windows XP logo floating around (like some family pix
or something) Any suggestions from anyone out there would
be appreciated!

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Change Default Screen Saver

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"deb" > wrote in message
...
> Is there a way to apply a screensaver to the welcome
> screen? It seems rather pointless to have a screensaver
> on each individual desktop since we all log off after
> each session. I would like to see something other than
> the Windows XP logo floating around (like some family pix
> or something) Any suggestions from anyone out there would
> be appreciated!

[deb]

thanks. I tried it but it says I do not have "sufficient
permissions"? I am computer administrator
>-----Original Message-----
>See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Change Default
Screen Saver
>
>--
>Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
>Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>http://www.dougknox.com
>--------------------------------
>Associate Expert
>ExpertZone -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>--------------------------------
>Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
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>
>"deb" > wrote in message
...
>> Is there a way to apply a screensaver to the welcome
>> screen? It seems rather pointless to have a screensaver
>> on each individual desktop since we all log off after
>> each session. I would like to see something other than
>> the Windows XP logo floating around (like some family
pix
>> or something) Any suggestions from anyone out there
would
>> be appreciated!
>
>
>.
>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Deb,

You can make the needed changes manually. If you get errors doing this, you
need to make sure you're an Administrator level user.

Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

Look in the right pane and set the values following values a indicated:

Name: ScreeScreenSaveActive
Value: 1

Name: ScreenSaveTimeOut
Value: Desired number of seconds to wait (900 is default, I believe)

Name: SCRNSAVE.EXE
Value: file name of the SCR file you wish to use. If its in the Windows or
Windows\System32 folder, you only need the file name.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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"deb" > wrote in message
...
> thanks. I tried it but it says I do not have "sufficient
> permissions"? I am computer administrator
> >-----Original Message-----
> >See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Change Default
> Screen Saver
> >
> >--
> >Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> >Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> >http://www.dougknox.com
> >--------------------------------
> >Associate Expert
> >ExpertZone -
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >--------------------------------
> >Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> >Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
> >
> >"deb" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Is there a way to apply a screensaver to the welcome
> >> screen? It seems rather pointless to have a screensaver
> >> on each individual desktop since we all log off after
> >> each session. I would like to see something other than
> >> the Windows XP logo floating around (like some family
> pix
> >> or something) Any suggestions from anyone out there
> would
> >> be appreciated!
> >
> >
> >.
> >