![]() ![]() • • • Windows 10 with Creators Update With the introduction of the Windows 10, Microsoft has moved where the screen saver settings are located. Follow the steps below to change your screen saver in Windows 10 with all of the latest updates. • Click Start and Settings (the gear icon) on the far left side of the Start Menu. • In Settings, click Personalization. • Click Lock Screen. • Scroll down to and click Screen Saver Settings. Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10 •. ![]() Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 2 Release Notes. Links to features, such as Activate Windows, Tour of Windows XP. To change the screen savers on the. On the Screen Saver tab under Screen saver, click a screen saver Select the On resume, password protect check box. If Fast User Switching is turned on, select the On resume, display Welcome screen check box. Activate or prevent your Windows screensaver by moving the mouse into a corner of the screen How to activate screensaver on windows xp. For Windows 7, XP and Vista. • In the Control Panel window, click Appearance and Personalization. • Under Personalization click Change screen saver. • In the window that opens (shown below), under the Screen saver section, click the down arrow on the right side of the first box. • Once you have selected your screen saver (if you do not want to have a screen saver, select None) and adjusted any other settings to your liking, click Apply, then click OK. Tip: The Preview button allows you to try out a screen saver before it is set. Tip: If you check the box next to On resume, display logon screen, Windows opens the logon screen when a screen saver is disabled. Checking this option is an excellent way to protect your computer when you are away from your desk. Tip: If you step away from your computer and want to let others know when you'll be back, you can use the '3D Text' screen saver as a way to leave a message. Once selected, click the Settings button and look for the Text section in the new window. Locate the 'Custom Text:' box to change the text displayed in your screen saver. For example, you could set the text from the default to 'I'm out to lunch, will be back at 1:00.' Windows XP •. • In the Control Panel window, click Appearance and Personalization. • In Display, click the Screen Saver. • In the window that opens (shown below), under the Screen saver section, click the down arrow on the right side of the first box. • Once you have selected your screen saver (if you do not want to have a screen saver, select None) and adjusted any other settings to your liking, click Apply, then click OK. Tip: The Preview button allows you to try out a screen saver before it is set. Tip: If you check the box next to On resume, display logon screen, Windows opens the logon screen when a screen saver is disabled. Checking this option is an excellent way to protect your computer when you are away from your desk. Tip: If you step away from your computer and want to let others know when you'll be back, you can use the '3D Text' screen saver as a way to leave a message. Once selected, click the Settings button and look for the Text section in the new window. Locate the 'Custom Text:' box to change the text displayed in your screen saver. For example, you could set the text from the default to 'I'm out to lunch, will be back at 1:00.' A Screen saver is a program that was once used to prevent phosphor burn in on CRT monitors, but as time passed by and as more efficient monitors became, the screen saver today is more a form of entertainment than prevention. It is well known that people use screen savers in order to make their PC more appealing to them, as well as other users. If you want to instantly activate a screen saver and not to go through the whole Display Properties part, this is what you have to do: Click the Start button on the taskbar, and then click Search. In the Search result window click on All files and folders, in order to search for a screen saver. Then, in All of part of the file name write: *.scr, which is an extension for a screen saver. In this way your computer will be searched for all the screen savers you have on the hard drive. Wait for a while until the search is finished, and then from the list of many screen savers, choose the one you like the most.
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