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Screensaver Time Out resets to value of 1 after each Startup
Running Windows XP SP3 on DELL Inspiron 6400/E1505 w/IE8
Just recently my ScreenSaver (I am currently using Google Photos) has not been retaining my user choice of Wait Time minutes (my case 10 mins) beyond the current session. This is the case for ANY ScreenSaver I choose. As soon as I 'Turn Off' and 'Start' or 'ReStart' - my previous ScreenSaver Wait Time choice reverts to a value of 1. I have read in another forum that the 1 is actually 1 second and that Windows displays it as 1 on the Screen Saver Tab of Control Panel - Desktop (which implies it to be 1 minute) however since it is really 1 second, Windows interprets that as a value of 0 and therefore decides DO NOT INVOKE SCREENSAVER AT ALL. This is what I am seeing. Unless I manually re-up the "1" - in this case to my desired value of 10 - I do not get a ScreenSaver to come on at all. Any help would be appreciated. -- Thank you - MAK |
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Screensaver Time Out resets to value of 1 after each Startup
MAK 39 wrote:
I have read in another forum that the 1 is actually 1 second and that Windows displays it as 1 on the Screen Saver Tab of Control Panel - Desktop (which implies it to be 1 minute) however since it is really 1 second, Windows interprets that as a value of 0 and therefore decides DO NOT INVOKE SCREENSAVER AT ALL. This is what I am seeing. Unless I manually re-up the "1" - in this case to my desired value of 10 - I do not get a ScreenSaver to come on at all. Any help would be appreciated. My delay cannot be set to zero. When it is set to 1, my screen locks after one minute of inactivity. I get to this from the "Properties" option from mouse button 2 on the desktop. It sounds like you are using something different, and which is actually setting the value to zero. -- Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk |
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Screensaver Time Out resets to value of 1 after each Startup
MAK 39 wrote:
I have read in another forum that the 1 is actually 1 second and that Windows displays it as 1 on the Screen Saver Tab of Control Panel - Desktop (which implies it to be 1 minute) however since it is really 1 second, Windows interprets that as a value of 0 and therefore decides DO NOT INVOKE SCREENSAVER AT ALL. This is what I am seeing. Unless I manually re-up the "1" - in this case to my desired value of 10 - I do not get a ScreenSaver to come on at all. Any help would be appreciated. My delay cannot be set to zero. When it is set to 1, my screen locks after one minute of inactivity. I get to this from the "Properties" option from mouse button 2 on the desktop. It sounds like you are using something different, and which is actually setting the value to zero. -- Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk |
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Screensaver Time Out resets to value of 1 after each Startup
The registry value for the ScreenSaver timeout period is :
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "ScreenSaveTimeOut"="300" The value, as an example, here is 300 which, as you quite rightly point out is in seconds. This means the 300 equates to 5 minutes of wait time (600 for your desired 10 minutes). If you open "regedit.exe" at this key and then change the time in the "Wait" box under "Screensaver Properties" (right-click on your desktop and choose 'Properties' and then look under the 'ScreenSaver' tab). You will see the "ScreenSaveTimeOut" value change in RegEdit (on pressing F5 - refresh). ***** If you are the Administrator you could alter the "Permissions" for the parent key : "Desktop" to exclude changes made by the system. Right-click on the "Desktop" key and choose "Permissions", then click on the "Advanced" button and "Uncheck" the box marked "Inherit from parent the permission entries that apply...", then press on the "copy" button when asked. Then edit the permissions for System (highlight "System" and click on the "Edit" button) - just check the box "Set Value" in the "deny" column. This will automatically "Uncheck" the same value in the "Allow" and "Full" columns. Press [ok] and [ok] to exit the boxes... The value should now NOT change after YOU have set it. ***** *Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create a backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "MAK 39" wrote in message ... Running Windows XP SP3 on DELL Inspiron 6400/E1505 w/IE8 Just recently my ScreenSaver (I am currently using Google Photos) has not been retaining my user choice of Wait Time minutes (my case 10 mins) beyond the current session. This is the case for ANY ScreenSaver I choose. As soon as I 'Turn Off' and 'Start' or 'ReStart' - my previous ScreenSaver Wait Time choice reverts to a value of 1. I have read in another forum that the 1 is actually 1 second and that Windows displays it as 1 on the Screen Saver Tab of Control Panel - Desktop (which implies it to be 1 minute) however since it is really 1 second, Windows interprets that as a value of 0 and therefore decides DO NOT INVOKE SCREENSAVER AT ALL. This is what I am seeing. Unless I manually re-up the "1" - in this case to my desired value of 10 - I do not get a ScreenSaver to come on at all. Any help would be appreciated. -- Thank you - MAK |
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Screensaver Time Out resets to value of 1 after each Startup
The registry value for the ScreenSaver timeout period is :
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "ScreenSaveTimeOut"="300" The value, as an example, here is 300 which, as you quite rightly point out is in seconds. This means the 300 equates to 5 minutes of wait time (600 for your desired 10 minutes). If you open "regedit.exe" at this key and then change the time in the "Wait" box under "Screensaver Properties" (right-click on your desktop and choose 'Properties' and then look under the 'ScreenSaver' tab). You will see the "ScreenSaveTimeOut" value change in RegEdit (on pressing F5 - refresh). ***** If you are the Administrator you could alter the "Permissions" for the parent key : "Desktop" to exclude changes made by the system. Right-click on the "Desktop" key and choose "Permissions", then click on the "Advanced" button and "Uncheck" the box marked "Inherit from parent the permission entries that apply...", then press on the "copy" button when asked. Then edit the permissions for System (highlight "System" and click on the "Edit" button) - just check the box "Set Value" in the "deny" column. This will automatically "Uncheck" the same value in the "Allow" and "Full" columns. Press [ok] and [ok] to exit the boxes... The value should now NOT change after YOU have set it. ***** *Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create a backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "MAK 39" wrote in message ... Running Windows XP SP3 on DELL Inspiron 6400/E1505 w/IE8 Just recently my ScreenSaver (I am currently using Google Photos) has not been retaining my user choice of Wait Time minutes (my case 10 mins) beyond the current session. This is the case for ANY ScreenSaver I choose. As soon as I 'Turn Off' and 'Start' or 'ReStart' - my previous ScreenSaver Wait Time choice reverts to a value of 1. I have read in another forum that the 1 is actually 1 second and that Windows displays it as 1 on the Screen Saver Tab of Control Panel - Desktop (which implies it to be 1 minute) however since it is really 1 second, Windows interprets that as a value of 0 and therefore decides DO NOT INVOKE SCREENSAVER AT ALL. This is what I am seeing. Unless I manually re-up the "1" - in this case to my desired value of 10 - I do not get a ScreenSaver to come on at all. Any help would be appreciated. -- Thank you - MAK |
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