How to change the Windows logon screen saver in Windows XP

This step-by-step section describes how to change the default logon screen saver in Microsoft Windows XP. Specifically, the article discusses how to change the type of screen saver before the screen saver starts, timeout, and screen saver starts, and whether to enable the screen saver before the login process.

When you start Windows, you may appear on the Windows XP welcome screen, which prompts you to click to start, your user name or you mayWelcome to WindowsDialog box, prompting you to press CTRL + ALT + DEL to log on. By default, if 10 minutes, do not press a key to start the Windows logon screen saver (logon. scr ).

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You can also change the time elapsed before the logon screen to enable protection. Default Value: 600 seconds (10 minutes ).

To change the length of time before the screen saver starts, follow these steps.

ImportantThis section describes how to modify the registry. However, improper registry modification may cause serious problems. Therefore, make sure that you perform these steps carefully. To increase protection, back up the registry before modifying it. Then, you can restore the Registry when a problem occurs. For details about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/) how to back up and restore in Windows Registry

1. Click"StartClickRun.
2. InOpenEnter regedt32 in the box, and then click"OK".
3. In the registry editor window, find the following registry key:HKEY_USERS /. Default/control panel/desktop
4. In the right pane, double-clickScreensavetimeout.
5. InEdit stringIn the displayed dialog box, enter the number of seconds before you start the screen saver.Value DataBox, and then click"OK"For example, if you want to start the screen saver five minutes later, Type 300.
6. Click"ExitOnFileExit the Registry Editor menu.

The length of time before the screen saver is started is changed to the value you specified.

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