How to Change Screen Saver Settings in Windows 10
A screen saver is a moving picture or pattern that displays on the screen(s) of your PC after you have not been active on the PC for specified period of time to wait. Screen savers were originally used to save older, monochromatic monitors from damage, but now they are mainly a way to personalize your PC or enhance its security by offering password protection.
Windows comes with several screen savers. You can also use the Photos screen saver to create your own screen savers from personal pictures that you've saved in your Photos library. There are screen savers available to download from the web like from WinCustomize - Free Screen Saver Gallery.
See also: Change your screen saver settings | Microsoft Support
This tutorial will show you how to change your screen saver settings to turn on or off screen saver and password protection on resume in Windows 10.
To turn on screen saver, select any screen saver (step 3) other than (None), select a wait time (step 6), and check or uncheck On resume, display logon screen (step 7).
To turn off screen saver, select (None) under "Screen saver"(step 3), and uncheck On resume, display logon screen (step 7).
To show the lock screen instead of a screen saver, select (None) under "Screen saver" (step 3), check On resume, display logon screen (step 7), and select a wait time (step 6).
To stop a screen saver and return to your desktop, move your mouse, press a key on the keyboard, or touch the screen if it's a touchscreen.
EXAMPLE: Screen Saver Settings
Here's How:
1 Open Settings, click/tap on the Personalization icon, click/tap on Lock screen on the left side, and click/tap on the Screen saver settings link at the bottom of the right side. (see screenshot below)
If you like, you can also press the Win + R keys to open Run, enter the command below into Run, and click/tap on OK to directly open Screen Saver Settings.
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,1
2 Do the steps you want below.
A) Select a screen saver you want in the Screen saver drop down menu. (see screenshot below)
A) Click/tap on the Settings button. (see screenshot below)
B) Choose the settings you want for the selected screen saver, and click/tap on OK. Some screen savers will not have any settings available for it. (see screenshots below)
A) Click/tap on Preview to see what your screen saver will look like, before clicking OK in step 8 below. (see screenshot below)
A) In the Wait drop down menu, select how many minutes you want Windows to wait while you are inactive on the PC before showing the selected screen saver. (see screenshot below)
A) Check (turn on) or uncheck (turn off) the On resume, display logon screen box. (see screenshot below)
8 When finished, click/tap on OK.
That's it,
Shawn
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