Monday, May 11, 2015

Screen saver selector is grayed out Windows 7

If your company has locked out your screen saver using the Window Policy Settings you can restore your ability to change the screen by doing this.

To resolve this problem:

  1. Start>Run>type Regedit >Click Ok or, press the Enter Key.
  2. Now navigate to the following locations: (see first graphic)
  3. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop  now find out SCRNSAVE.EXE entry in the right pane and delete it.
  4. HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop now find out SCRNSAVE.EXE entry in the right pane  and delete it.
  5. Close the registry editor and restart the machine (Usually you only have to restart the screen saver setup screen)