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This restriction can be used to specify the screen saver or to stop screen savers from running. Also, the Screen Saver settings page is disabled, so users cannot change the screen saver options.

Open your registry and find or create the key below.

Create a new DWORD value called "ScreenSaveActive" and set it to "0" to disable all screen savers.

Alternatively create a new string value called "SCRNSAVE.EXE" and set it to the executable name of a valid Windows screen saver file, including the .scr extension. This will only be used if "ScreenSaveActive" is set to "1" or deleted from the registry.

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

		(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
		ScreenSaveActive	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		SCRNSAVE.EXE	REG_SZ	login.scr

	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.