The above registry keys apply to Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista and Windows 7. Read the post Change screen saver from windows command line using registry key
Reg add 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop' /v ScreenSaverIsSecure /t REG_SZ /d 0 /f To change screen saver using registry key Reg add 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop' /v ScreenSaverIsSecure /t REG_SZ /d 1 /f If you set this to 0, you will not be asked to provide password when you interrupt the screen saver to resume the user session.įrom windows command line you can run the below command to enable password for the screen saver. You can password protection by setting the data in ScreenSaverIsSecure to 1. Reg add 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop' /v ScreenSaveTimeOut /t REG_SZ /d 0 /f To enable or disable password protection when the session is resumed For example if you want to set the time out to 20 minutes you need to change the value of this registry key to 1200.įrom command line you can run the below command to change screen saver timeout limit.
This setting was set to 2 MIN and this will force the screen saver regardless of any other settings. Set the data in the registry value ScreenSaveTimeOut to the timeout limit in seconds. Windows notices inactivity of a logon session, and if the amount of inactive time exceeds the inactivity limit, then the screen saver will run, locking the session. Reg add 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop' /v ScreenSaveActive /t REG_SZ /d 1 /f To change timeout for activating the screen saver
