Policy

Prevent changing screen saver

Prevents the Screen Saver dialog from opening in the Personalization or Display Control Panel. This setting prevents users from using Control Panel to add, configure, or change the screen saver on the computer. It does not prevent a screen saver from running.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryControl Panel / Personalization
Policy IDabdbbf812b7f
Internal nameCPL_Personalization_NoScreenSaverUI

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\NoDispScrSavPage (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\NoDispScrSavPage (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

Prevents the Screen Saver dialog from opening in the Personalization or Display Control Panel. This setting prevents users from using Control Panel to add, configure, or change the screen saver on the computer. It does not prevent a screen saver from running.

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