How to Stop Users From Changing the Screensaver on Windows
Have you noticed that someone has been tweaking your screensaver settings without permission? What if you want to stop this but don’t know how?
No worries; in this article, we explore some methods for preventing users from changing the Windows screensaver.
1. How to Stop Users From Changing Your Screensaver Using the Group Policy Editor
The Group Policy Editor empowers you to manage user settings on Windows computers effortlessly. By configuring policy settings, you can prevent users from modifying your screensaver settings. This tool is exclusively available for Windows Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions. However, you canactivate the Local Group Policy Editor for Windows Home.
To stop users from changing the screensaver, follow these steps:
After applying the above steps, users won’t be able to change the screensaver settings. When they attempt to alter the screensaver, an error message will pop up saying, “Your system administrator has disabled launching of the Display Control Panel”.
However, you can always revert these changes. For this, you will have to follow the same steps as discussed. Then double-click onPrevent changing screensaverand check theNot Configuredoption.
2. How to Stop Users From Changing Your Screensaver Using the Registry Editor
Suppose you’re running Windows Home edition or have disabled the Local Group Policy Editor for any reason. In that case, you can use the Registry Editor to stop users from changing your screensaver’s settings.
Be careful when using Registry Editor, as it might lead to serious system problems. To avoid this,back up the registrybefore changing it.
Here’s how to do it:
Now close the Registry Editor and restart your computer. Once it restarts, the currently logged-in user can’t change the screensaver.
To apply these settings to all users, you must repeat the same steps but navigate to this registry key:
So, that’s how you can prevent users from changing the screensaver on Windows. Hopefully, these solutions will help you manage your computer system better.
If you ever decide to let users change screensaver settings, follow the same steps but set the Value data of theNoDispScrSavPagefield to0. This will restore the default settings, and users can change the screensaver again.
Control Access to the Windows Screensaver
Hopefully, these two methods helped you control access to Windows Screensaver and prevent unauthorized users from changing their settings. Now you can set the screensaver to whatever your desire, and be sure that it stays that way when you get back.
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