What,All,Screensavers,Fun,Gray computer What to Do if All Screensavers Fun is Grayed Out?
Gone are those times when the companies and the organisations didn't need a hi-tech system to handle them. Owing to the considerable increase in the business sector and thus, an enormous increase in the complexity of the organisational struc ----------------------------------------------------------Permission is granted for the below article to forward,reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website,offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as longas no changes a
Finally, you have some time to personalize your desktop withan interesting screensaver. But wait... What's that? Why inthe world the system prevents you from doing that? Thescreensaver controls are grayed out or, even worse, thewhole Screensaver tab is missing from Display Properties.Don't panic! This article will help you change things forthe better.I've found that people who use Windows 2000/XP often can'tenjoy screensavers because their system is configured in away that prevents them from doing that.Unless you are very experienced in administrating Windows,you may stuck with the problem. If you ever found yourselfor your friend in a situation like this, add this article toyour arsenal of screensaver tips.Most of the time people encounter the problem with officecomputers. I should warn you, though, that some companieshave a strict screensaver policy. Usually they allow onlycertain or no screensavers at all to be used on officecomputers.If you are not sure how your company treats screensavers, Irecommend you to consult your system administrator beforeapplying any of the changes described below to your system.So why can screensavers be inaccessible on your system?As you know, Windows 2000 and Windows XP had manyimprovements over Windows 95/98 and Windows Me that madelives of many users easier and more comfortable.But that's not all that made these operating systems sopopular. Their developers also haven't forgotten aboutpeople who are responsible for administrative tasks when itcomes to computers shared by different users and largecomputer networks.Windows 2000 and Windows XP introduced a lot of new featuresneeded specifically for their administration.Controlling/disabling screensavers was among them.No matter whether it was their intention or an accident,your system administrator or the person who configured yourPC could use this feature to your disadvantage. Now you'llhave to use it once again and regain control overscreensavers.Here's what you should do: 1) Click Start and then click Run... 2) Type "gpedit.msc" and press Enter. 3) A window will open with a tree on its left. Expand the User Configuration node, then expand Control Panel and click Display. 4) Now look at the policies in the list to the right. Make sure that the policies starting from Hide Screen Saver Tab and ending with Screen Saver Timeout all have their state set to Not Configured. 5) If any of them has a different state, double click the line with the policy, select Not Configured and click OK. 6) Now close the Group Policy window.Now you can open Display Properties and see whetherscreensavers are back. If they aren't, step back and checkif you carefully followed all the steps described above.Note that you can see a window saying you don't havepermission to access Group Policy window when doing the step2. That will happen if you are working under a restricteduser account. You will have to log under an account withAdministrator's rights or contact your system administrator.With a little creativity, you can use the information inthis article to prevent your kids and other unauthorizedusers from messing with your screensavers. The procedure isbasically the same. The only difference is that you shouldspecify meaningful values for screensaver related itemsinstead of Not Configured.
What,All,Screensavers,Fun,Gray