SCRNSAVE.EXE

Help! My scrnsave.exe is nowhere to be found on my
computer. Search comes up empty. Is there any way to
reinstall that file or download it from somewhere? I
tried System Restore and had no luck - I tried 3
different restore points and each time it was
unsuccessful (never told me why, just that it was unable
to restore it to that point). Any help will be
appreciated .. I'm in way over my head here!

AFAIK, "scrnsave.exe" isn't a built in file. whatever screensaver you are
looking for is in the form screensavername.scr. An SCR file is the
screensaver.

KB


"haukmom" wrote in message
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Help! My scrnsave.exe is nowhere to be found on my
computer. Search comes up empty. Is there any way to
reinstall that file or download it from somewhere? I
tried System Restore and had no luck - I tried 3
different restore points and each time it was
unsuccessful (never told me why, just that it was unable
to restore it to that point). Any help will be
appreciated .. I'm in way over my head here!

Thanks for the info. As I said I think I'm in way over my
head! What I'm trying to do is change the logon screen
screensaver. I got instructions to run regedit. One of
the steps is to go to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control
Panel\Desktop and change the value of "SCRNSAVE.EXE" to
the name of the screensaver I want to use. There is no
value called "SCRNSAVE.EXE". The other names are listed
(i.e., ScreenSaveActive, ScreenSaveTimeOut, etc.)Am I
missing something? Right now I have no screensaver on the
logon screen. It just blinks at the time out.
-----Original Message-----
AFAIK, "scrnsave.exe" isn't a built in file. whatever
screensaver you are
looking for is in the form screensavername.scr. An SCR
file is the
screensaver.

KB


"haukmom" wrote in message
...
Help! My scrnsave.exe is nowhere to be found on my
computer. Search comes up empty. Is there any way to
reinstall that file or download it from somewhere? I
tried System Restore and had no luck - I tried 3
different restore points and each time it was
unsuccessful (never told me why, just that it was
unable
to restore it to that point). Any help will be
appreciated .. I'm in way over my head here!


.

Hi,

Their is an easier way.

To change the defalult saver ( Logon.scr ) to another just delete it ( Make
a backup ) than rename the saver you want to use from whatever.scr to
Logon.scr.

That is the easy part. The tricky part is to keep windows from replaceing it
from the backup. If you simply right click and delete logon.scr from
system32, windows will replace is in a few seconds. Try it.

The cure is to delete the backup(s) first.

They are in C:\windows\system32\dllcache\Logon.scr
and in c:\windows\SystemPack\files\i386\Logon.scr

They must be removed in order. First from i386 than dllcache than system32.

Answer the warnings from windows " Cancel " for the first message and " Yes
" for the second mesage.

It is only hard the first time.

Good luck
Richard

"haukmom" wrote in message
...
Help! My scrnsave.exe is nowhere to be found on my
computer. Search comes up empty. Is there any way to
reinstall that file or download it from somewhere? I
tried System Restore and had no luck - I tried 3
different restore points and each time it was
unsuccessful (never told me why, just that it was unable
to restore it to that point). Any help will be
appreciated .. I'm in way over my head here!

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilties, Change Default Screen Saver. This
utility will scan your Windows and Windows\System32 folder for SCR files,
present the list and make the registry changes automatically.

Alternatively, since you have the other values, right click in the right
pane, select New, DWord value and name that value SCRNSAVE.EXE Then double
click it and enter the file name of the SCR file that you wish to use.

--
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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"haukmom" wrote in message
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Thanks for the info. As I said I think I'm in way over my
head! What I'm trying to do is change the logon screen
screensaver. I got instructions to run regedit. One of
the steps is to go to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control
Panel\Desktop and change the value of "SCRNSAVE.EXE" to
the name of the screensaver I want to use. There is no
value called "SCRNSAVE.EXE". The other names are listed
(i.e., ScreenSaveActive, ScreenSaveTimeOut, etc.)Am I
missing something? Right now I have no screensaver on the
logon screen. It just blinks at the time out.
-----Original Message-----
AFAIK, "scrnsave.exe" isn't a built in file. whatever
screensaver you are
looking for is in the form screensavername.scr. An SCR
file is the
screensaver.

KB


"haukmom" wrote in message
...
Help! My scrnsave.exe is nowhere to be found on my
computer. Search comes up empty. Is there any way to
reinstall that file or download it from somewhere? I
tried System Restore and had no luck - I tried 3
different restore points and each time it was
unsuccessful (never told me why, just that it was
unable
to restore it to that point). Any help will be
appreciated .. I'm in way over my head here!


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