Screen Saver - Turn On or Off

How to Turn Screen Saver On or Off in Windows 7​

   Information

A screen Saver is a moving picture or pattern that appears on a computer screen when the mouse or keyboard has not been used for a specified period of time. This will show you how to turn screen saver on or off in Windows 7.

   Note

If you checked the on resume, display logon screen box, it will still resume to the logon screen even if you have selected (None) for your screen saver.

OPTION ONE

To Turn the Screen Saver On or Off in Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic

1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click on the Display icon.

2. In the left blue pane, click on the Change screen saver link. (see screenshot below)

3. Close the Display window. (see screenshot above)

4. Go to step 3 in OPTION TWO below.

OPTION TWO

To Turn the Screen Saver On or Off in Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise

1. Right click on a empty space on the desktop and click on Personalize.

2. Click on the Screen Saver link at the bottom of the window. (see screenshots below)
NOTE: Under Screen Saver is the name of the screen saver in gray used in your current theme. If the screen saver name is None, then it is turned off.



3. Do either step 4 or 5 below for what you would like to do.

4. To Turn Off All Screen Savers
A) Under Screen saver, click on the drop down menu and select (None). (see screenshot below)

B) Decide if you wanted to turn the screen saver password protection on or off (option one at link).

C) Go to step 6.
5. To Turn On a Selected Screen Saver
A) Under Screen saver, click on the drop down menu and change the screen saver to a listed screen saver other than (None). (see screenshot below)

B) Select how many idle minutes to Wait before the selected screen saver displays.

C) Decide if you wanted to turn the screen saver password protection on or off (option one at link).
6. Click on OK. (see screenshot below step 4A or 5A)
That's it,
Shawn

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• How to Add "Enable/Disable Screen Saver" to Desktop Context Menu

 

[A320]

I just restored back to a couple of days ago and my icons are back to the way I had them, now let's see if the screensaver I initially posted about is fixed or not.

 

[whs]

If I may, here is a way to run a video as screensaver. It is a little different than in Vista.

In Windows 7 you have to go via Windows Live Photo Gallery. If you do not have it yet on your system, download it from Windows Live Essentials http://download.live.com/?wa=wsignin1.0

Then do the following steps:

· Open Live Essentials Photo Gallery
· Click on File
· Click on > Screen Saver Settings (This will open the Screen Saver Settings)
· Browse to your folder with the video and open it (OK)
· In the Use this theme list box, select Album
· Then do Save
· Now run Preview and see whether it works

Remind you that the video format must be .wmv. If you have another format, convert it with Format factory http://www.formatoz.com/

 

[jokutty]

hi shawn,there is a way that i can put scren saver on window 7starter??if yes how???plase reply thanks

 

[Brink]

Hello Jo,

Yes. You could create a Screen Saver shortcut from the tutorial below to use to be able to change the Screen Saver settings in Windows 7 Starter as well.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/56880-screen-saver-settings-shortcut-create.html

 

[greentv2]

Hi Brink

I have the following problem in Windows 7 Home P: one or the browser websites is delaying the screensaver setting I enter via the personalize settings, I put in
Ex: 2 min actually turns out to be about 20-30 min. There is no relation between input and actual value for the delay

The screensaver works but with a random delay
Can you give some suggestions or help

Ralph

 

[Brink]

Hello Ralph, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Is the website running anything that may be preventing the computer from being idle?

 

[greentv2]

Hello Ralph, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Is the website running anything that may be preventing the computer from being idle?

thanks for yr suggestion

I will try to disable all sites to see which one is preventing the computer
from idling
I will post results later

 

[greentv2]

Hi Brink,

The problem was a site with streaming audio/internet radio
When I stop or mute the audio the screensaver works like it should
The ob vious question.....
Is there no way to have audio and screensaver working?
Thanks for your help

 

[Brink]

Yep, it's preventing the computer from being idle, thus screen saver never turns on.

You might see if changing your advanced power plan settings for "When sharing media" as below may allow it to.

 

[greentv2]

Th is procedure:

How to Change the Power Plan Settings in Windows 7

gives different screens -nothing about power plan settings- Every thing I tried
nothing works. I will upgrade to professional W7 and try agin
​

 

[dazzlingglass]

I have the windows seven home premium and no matter what I do, the screen saver won't work. My computer will sit idle for about a minute and a half and then the screen goes dark. The power settings on my computer are set to never dim and never turn the screen off and I made sure that I saved the changes I made. No matter what the screen saver is on, the screen just goes dark after about a minute and a half.

 

[Brink]

Hello dazzlingglass, and welcome to Seven Forums.

If this just recently started to happen, then you might consider doing a system restore using a restore point (if available) dated before this started to hopefully fix it.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[dazzlingglass]

I tried doing the system restore, but the only date that it had available was a couple of days ago. However, even after the system restore, the screen saver still won't work and the screen still turns off after a little over a minute.

 

[Brink]

In that case, you might see if running a sfc /scannow command may be able to help. Otherwise, you may need to do a repair install.

 

[dazzlingglass]

I discovered that my facial recognition software had its own power saving options. After detecting no movement after a certain period of time it would go to sleep. Thank you for your help anyway though!

 

[Brink]

Hello dazzlingglass,

Ah, that would explain it then. Thank you for posting back with your results.