When you start Windows, you may be presented with the Windows XP welcome screen, which prompts you click your user name to begin, or you may be presented with a Welcome to Windows dialog box that prompts you to press CTRL+ALT+DEL to log on. By default, if you do not press a key for 10 minutes, the Windows logon screen saver (Logon.scr). To change the logon screen saver, follow these steps.
* Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT and press Enter
* Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
* In the right pane, double-click SCRNSAVE.EXE
* In the Edit String dialog box, type the name of the screen saver that you want in the Value data box, and then click OK. For example, if you want to use the Mystify screen saver as your logon screen saver, type ssmyst.scr.
IMPORTANT: Make sure that you correctly specify the path to the screen saver. If the screen saver is located in %SystemRoot%\System32, the explicit path is not required.
* If you need to alter the time-out value, set the ScreenSaveTimeOut value in Seconds
* Quit Registry Editor
Contents
- Introduction
- Windows Registry Basic
- Creating Backup of Windows Registry
- How to Install Windows XP on your CD/DVD/Pen drive
- How to quickly reset all the System Restore points
- How to Repair Install XP without data loss
- Installing the Recovery Console
- Giving Recovery Console access to all directories
- How to Repair a corrupt or damage Boot Sector
- Can't Start Windows XP
- "NTLDR is missing" error message
- Removing invalid entries from Add or Remove Programs
- Change the Registered Owner and Organization in the registry
- Remove or modify the arrow used on shortcuts
- How to delete a zero byte file that cannot be deleted in windows
- Fixing Windows XP forgets my folder view settings
- Jump to a registry key directly
- Disable the Windows XP Splash Screen / logo at startup
- Change the Windows Logon screen background color
- How To Change the Windows Logon Screen Saver
- Stop long delay in My Computer
- How to Use Driver Verifier to Troubleshoot Windows Drivers
- What is Spyware and Adware?
- Do your Windows need a Registry Repair Software?
- Six Criteria of a good registry repair software