How to Change the Logon Screen Saver

The logon screen saver is the one that starts if no user logs onto XP's Welcome screen or dialog box after the timeout period. The default screen saver is logon.scr, but you can change it to any screen saver you like. Here's how:

1. Open your favorite Registry Editor and navigate to the following key: HKU\DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
2. In the right pane, double click SCRNSAVE.EXE.
3. In the Edit String dialog box, navigate to the Value Data field and enter the path and name of the screensaver you want to use (if the screensaver is located in the System32 folder, you can just enter the file name).
4. Close the Registry Editor.

Note that if you want to turn the logon screen saver off, you can do that by entering a 0 in the Value Data field.

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