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Disabling the Windows Logon Screen Saver

Details

  • Screen savers are not necessary for virtual machines
  • Running screen savers wastes CPU resources
  • There is no interface option to disable the screen saver on the log on screen in Windows

Solution

To disable Windows Logon Screen Saver:
  1. Click Start > Run, type regedit, click OK.
  2. Locate the following registry key:

    HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
  3. Double-click the ScreenSaveActive string value item in the Details pane.
  4. In the Value data box, replace the number 1 with the number 0 , and then click OK.
Alternatively, you can save the attached registry file and double click it. The key above is set for you (Windows 2000 and 2003 only).
 
For more information, see Microsoft KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/185348 .
Note: The preceding link was correct as of June 4, 2008. If you find the link is broken, please provide feedback and a VMware employee will update the link.

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  • KB Article: 9275881
  • Updated: Aug 14, 2009
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