windows 7 logon screensaver

micah7 · Joined: May 27, 2003 Posts: 8

looking for info on how to enable the screensaver that
runs prior to a windows 7 ultimate logon

drwho07 · Joined: Nov 29, 2007 Posts: 1629 Location: Central FL, USA

Screensaver? Screensaver? What Screensaver? Rolling Eyes

micah7 · Joined: May 27, 2003 Posts: 8

a screensaver initializes after a time when a user hasn't logged on

it is available in vista

Baby_Tux · Joined: Mar 06, 2007 Posts: 964

??? - I'm a bit confused here, too. (possible conflict in terminology?)

I'll admit, I have yet to see "7" so there MAY be something here that I'm not aware of. BUT, if it follows the same pattern as the OTHER OS's then the only time a screensaver would be involved with login, is if you told it to LOCK THE SCREEN.
Otherwise it would act as any other & just cover what is there.

Now you COULD be talking about an animated splash screen. Which is an entirely different animal & not being familiar with 7, I really can't say as to where it's setting would be.

As for SC's did you try right clicking the desktop & seeing if there is a tab there for it? That usually works on all the OS I'VE dealt with.

drwho07 · Joined: Nov 29, 2007 Posts: 1629 Location: Central FL, USA

Not wishing to anger anyone, I'll refrain from saying what I think of screen savers. Twisted Evil

My worse case scenario, is when a screen saver kicks IN and won't kick OUT.

Except for the Security factor, screen savers are absolutely worthless on today's monitors.

Oh well, to each his own. Rolling Eyes

Doc

micah7 · Joined: May 27, 2003 Posts: 8

if a user doesn't logon @ the logon screen
after a time, a screensaver initiates until there
is movement or keyboard use

I did find a resolution in using the registry settings from vista

Baby_Tux · Joined: Mar 06, 2007 Posts: 964

OK - that pretty much clears up the terminology. So now that I know what it is you are trying to accomplish, yes, it works as you stated. And you SHOULD be able to access it by right clicking the desktop, as I stated. (unless M$, in there infinite wisdom [yeah right] decided otherwise - I wish all these folks would learns that when a person gets used to something being somewhere, that they'd leave it there!!!)

Did some "googling" & was somewhat right. This link will tell you how:
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-use-screen-savers-in-wi...ws-7-28

BTW: Doc, I know your thoughts - the scenario that gripes me is the BLACK screen - looks like the machine is off so you go to boot it just to find it is on already & you may have screwed it up in doing so. Or the one set to kick in ever "5 sec."
(I get both at college)

kenmabmcc

goretsky

Hello,

Could that be the c:\windows\system32\scrnsave.scr or c:\windows\system32\logon.scr screen saver?

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

Baby_Tux · Joined: Mar 06, 2007 Posts: 964

kenmabmcc

zlim · Joined: Mar 11, 2005 Posts: 2657

You do not have to involve standby nor hibernate to get the screen to turn black after a certain time period. I have my computers set so the hard drive never turns off (no hibernate nor standby) but I have the screen set on the power settings to turn off after 5 min. of non-use. The glow from the on/off button on the LCD tells me it is still working, just not lit.

In case you are trying to figure out how to enable a password, login screen, after the computer has gone to standby, this might be what you want to do
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/10024-password-require-wakeup.htm...ilter[2

Baby_Tux · Joined: Mar 06, 2007 Posts: 964

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bern · Joined: Mar 12, 2007 Posts: 1464 Location: ann arbor

Don_Somebody · Joined: Nov 29, 2004 Posts: 2

Open regedit32 and goto the following folder:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

Add the following lines by right clicking in the right pane and click on New.
Each line select "String Value".
Each new String Value should case sensitive so use both capitals and lower case.

ScreenSaveActive
ScreenSaverIsSecure
ScreenSaveTimeOut
SCRNSAVE.EXE

Change the value of each as follows by double clicking, change the value and choosing OK. DO NOT INCLUDE THE QUOTATION MARKS WITH THE VALUES.

ScreenSaveActive "1" - This turns on the screensaver

ScreenSaverIsSecure "0" - This requires password for screensaver. Since you are at the logon screen it is not necessary.

ScreenSaveTimeOut "600" - This is the number of seconds before the screensaver is activated. 600 being 10 minutes.

SCRNSAVE.EXE "C:\Windows\system32\mystify.scr" - you can change the name of the screensaver to which ever screensaver you want to use that is located in the System32 folder.

Exit out of registry editor and you're done. Hope this helps

Baby_Tux · Joined: Mar 06, 2007 Posts: 964

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micah7 · Joined: May 27, 2003 Posts: 8

thanks

great info

just what I was looking to do

drwho07 · Joined: Nov 29, 2007 Posts: 1629 Location: Central FL, USA

Again, I'm only talking about my own personal preferences and in no way am I trying to force anyone else to do anything, but.....

I can't begin to tell you the number of service calls I've answered over the past thirty years, where a PC went into hiding (screen saver or hibernate) and wouldn't come out. Only a complete power DOWN and a restart, could solve the problem.

That's pretty sad if you've been working on the "Great American Novel" for hours, without saving your work, when you walked away from the PC for a few minutes and the PC went to sleep.

Again, it's my personal preference, but when I set up a new OS, like I did this week, I go through and disable ALL settings for Sleep or Hibernate. In Power Management, I set my monitor to shut down "Never" and my HD to shutdown after about ten minutes of inactivity. This saves power and gives the drive time to cool off and "Rest". All other settings are set to "Never".

Hibernate, like in Win-7, can be a real chore to find and disable, so I wrote a little script to do that for me. In one second, I disable Hibernate. That also gets rid of that HUGE "hiberfil.sys" file from the root directory.

If you do full C: drive backups, you'll enjoy not having to backup that hiberfil.sys file every time.

Most of the things that I do often, as in, over and over again, I've committed to either batch files or registry scripts.
On setting up a new OS, I save about an hour by just running a few scripts instead of doing it all the manual way. And, in windows 7, most of those things are not as easy to find and set as they were in good ol' XP. Rolling Eyes

Cheers mates!
The Doctor Cool