ScreenSaveActive

HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop

Data type

Range

Default value

REG_SZ

0 | 1

1

Description

Specifies whether a screen saver is selected.

Value

Meaning

0

No screen saver is selected.

1

A screen saver is selected.

Change method

To select a screen saver, double-click Display in Control Panel and then click the Screen Saver tab. You can then either select a screen saver from the list or select (None).

Note

This entry can be superceded by a Group Policy included in Windows 2000. While the No screen saver Group Policy is enabled, the system ignores this entry. The setting of the No screen saver Group Policy is stored in the ScreenSaveActive entry, which is in the Policies subkey.

Related Entries

SCRNSAVE.EXE