Selected Screen Saver Is Never Displayed

• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you are using user profiles in Windows 95, the screen saver you selected may not consistently activate at the time specified in Display properties.

CAUSE

Registry entries may not be properly updated when a screen saver is selected in a specific user's profile when no screen saver is selected in the default profile.

RESOLUTION

Activate the screen saver in the default user profile. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Restart the computer.

2. When you are prompted to log in, click Cancel. This logs you in as the default user.

   NOTE: If no login screen appears, you have chosen to use a blank password. You must rename your password list file (<username>.pwl) in the Windows folder and then restart Windows 95.

3. In Control Panel, double-click Display.

4. Click the Screen Saver tab.

5. Select the screen saver you want to use.

6. Click OK.

7. Restart the computer. Log in normally.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.