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Name: george jones
Date: September 17, 2008 at 13:39:54 Pacific
OS: winXP home
CPU/Ram: 512MB
Product: HP
Comment:

My screen saver has disappeared from my control panel display properties. How can I get it back? Thanks.




Response Number 1
Name: Rios
Date: September 17, 2008 at 15:08:20 Pacific
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Reply:

Well when you go on properties does it say screen saver? You might have locked it.



Response Number 2
Name: toast (by NoIdea)
Date: September 17, 2008 at 15:17:45 Pacific
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Reply:

Have a look in here
KEY: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DWORD: NoDispScrSavPage =
Should be a value of 0 (zero)



Response Number 3
Name: Tufenuf
Date: September 17, 2008 at 16:54:28 Pacific
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george jones, If you mean that the Screensaver tab is missing from the Display properties and are not comfortable editing the registry go to the link below and scroll down to line 285 (right column) and click on "Restore All Display Tabs" to download a reg file fix. Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it and answer yes to the import prompt. It should correct your problem.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_...

Tufenuf



Response Number 4
Name: george jones
Date: September 17, 2008 at 18:23:40 Pacific
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Reply:

Thanks everyone for your replies. Sorry I didn't explain my problem very well.

Tufenuf, thanks for reading between the lines & sending easy to follow instructions.
It worked great!



Response Number 5
Name: Tufenuf
Date: September 17, 2008 at 18:37:39 Pacific
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Reply:

george jones, Glad to see that the problem is fixed and Thanks for posting back to let us know.

Tufenuf



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my internet??? OE .dbx files



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