Re: Disable Screen Saver Wait time

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/03/03 

Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 17:36:00 -0400

If you're running XP Pro, you can set this via the Group Policy Editor
(Start, Run and enter GPEDIT.MSC). Go to User Configuration, Administrative
Templates, Control Panel, Display.

For XP Home, you need to edit the Registry manually. Go to Start, Run and
enter REGEDIT Go to:

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

In the right pane, right click and select New, String value and enter the
value, in seconds, that you would like to have the delay set for.

Again, this is a "per-user" setting, so must be repeated for each user's
desktop. Additionally, you can see www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips, Advanced
Registry Editing, for a method to do this, without having to log onto each
user's Desktop. 

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"Ricky" <rjaram127@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I am running Windows XP and I would like to keep the wait time of the
> screen saver at 10 minutes but not allow the user to change this time.
>  Is there any
> registry key to grey out that section in the Screen Saver tab.

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