Customize a lock screen quick notification Check that the toggle for Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen is turned on.
#Change screensaver start time windows windows#
If you don't see the Windows spotlight image when you're signing in, select Start > Settings > Personalization > Lock screen. The Windows spotlight image should appear on the lock screen. Press Windows logo key + L to lock your device. If you chose Windows spotlight for your lock screen, you can test if it's working correctly. Set the Wait time to 5 minutes and check the On resume, desplay the logon screen. On this window, choose the new screen saver from the Screen Saver drop-down menu. In the new window, select the Screen Saver option from the pulldown menu. Navigate to: Computer\HKEYCURRENTUSER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Right-click Windows and select New>Key. Follow these steps: Open the Registry Editor by typing regedit.exe in the search box or command prompt. You’ll see a Screen Saver Settings window. Another method you can use to change the Screensaver timeout settings is by using the Registry Editor. If you see folders listed that you don't want included in the slideshow, select Remove next to that folder. To start the screen saver change process, open your Start menu, search for Change Screen Saver, and select that option in the search results. Select Slideshow, then select Browse, select the folder you want to use, and select Choose this folder.
Click on the Screen Saver link at the bottom of the Personalization window. Select Picture, then select a recent image, or select Browse photos, select the photo you want to use, and select Choose picture. Right click on a empty space on the desktop and click on Personalize. In the Elevated Group Policy Editor, on the Left Panel, go to User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Control Panel/Personalization/Enable Screen Saver and enable the Policy. Check with your system administrator for more info. Start/Search and type gpedit.msc, Right click the gpedit results and Run As Administrator. As can be seen the keys have changed:Īs can be seen, I'm modifying the right keys, but the screensaver is not seeing the changes if they are made directly in the registry.Note: If you don't see this option, it might be because it's managed by your organization. In this second screenshot, I deselected and re-selected "On resume, display logon screen" (so that there are changes to apply even though I'm not changing anything) and pressed "Apply". In this first screenshot, I first changed the two keys "ScreenSaveActive" and "ScreenSaverIsSecur" to 0 and then opened the screensaver settings dialog: But if I change the two keys above in the registry, whether manually or via script, when I re open the "Screen Saver Settings" dialog the settings have not changed. Whenever I make a change, I can immediately see the change in the registry. Type the following command and press Enter: powercfg.exe /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEMECURRENT SUBVIDEO VIDEOCONLOCK 600 Important: You must change 600 in the. In the Screen Saver Settings window, choose a screen saver from the drop-down list. I have confirmed that I am looking at the right settings by opening the "Screen Saver Settings" dialog and making changes there. Go to Settings > Personalization > Lock screen, and select Screen saver settings. But the screensaver settings do not change. In both cases I can check with the registry editor that both keys in the registry have been changed. The task runs as scheduled, and I can also run it manually. Reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" /f /v ScreenSaveActive /t REG_SZ /d 0Īnd there is a corresponding "enable" task with 1 instead of 0 at the end. Reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" /f /v ScreenSaverIsSecure /t REG_SZ /d 0 I want to enable/disable the screensaver for a fixed local user via a scheduled task. Go to Settings > Personalization > Lock screen, and select Screen saver settings.
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