Windows 7: Aurora Screen Saver - Change Settings

   Information

By default the Aurora screen saver has no settings to set in the Screen Saver Settings window in Windows 7 and Windows 8. However, you can change the Aurora screen saver settings through the registry instead. This will show you how to.

   Note

The default location of the Aurora screen saver file is at:
NOTE: In Windows 7, the Aurora, Windows Logo, and Windows Energy screen savers are no longer available.

C:\Windows\System32\Aurora.scr.

   Tip

You will just need to play with the settings below and adjust the Value Data (step 8) until you get the desired affect from the selected DWORD Name (step 5).

OPTION ONE

To Restore the Default Aurora Settings

1. Click/tap on the download button below to download the file below.

Restore_Default_Aurora.reg

2. Save the .reg file to the desktop.

3. Double click/tap on the extracted the .reg file to merge it.

4. Click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK if prompted.

5. When done, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

OPTION TWO

To Customize the Aurora Settings in Registry Editor

1. Press the Windows+R keys to open the Run dialog, type regedit, and press Enter. (See screensshot below)

3. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Yes.

4. In regedit, go to: (See screenshot below)

Code:

 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Screensavers\Aurora

5. In the right pane, right click or press and hold on an empty area, and click/tap on New and DWORD (32-bit) Value. (See screenshot above)

6. Type in a DWORD Name from the table below that you want to change and press Enter.

DWORD Name	Value Data	Description
Amplitude	500000000 to 2000000000	Higher value number for a slower slow motion affect.
Brightness	1000000000 to 1050000000	Higher value number for brighter affect.
NumLayers	1 to 15	Number of aurora layers.
Speed	1000000000 to 2100000000	Higher value number for faster cycling.

7. Double click/tap on the DWORD Name (from step 6) to modify it.

8. Dot Decimal, and type in the Value Data you want in the table above, and click/tap on OK. (See example screenshot below)

9. Repeat steps 5 to 8 to change another available DWORD Name option.
NOTE: You can add and customize one, a few, or all of the available options if you like (see table below step 6), but only add one instance of each DWORD Name in step 5 to prevent problems.

10. Close Regedit when done.