Hi,

I have a similar issue with my screensaver overriding my "disable
screensaver" settings in WMP10. I have a Dell Dimension XPS using WinXP
Media Center 2005. Perhaps this is a Media Center specific problem?

I tried adjusting registry settings via RegEdit, and even tinkered with
group & user policies, but to no avail. I have reset original registry and
policy settings, which match the settings on my other 2 WinXP Pro SP2
computers. The XP Pro PCs do not have this issue. Alas, I still have to
disable screensaver on my MCE to prevent it from blocking out my video.

Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
Thanks!

~ Mark

"Ysioc" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I want to disable the screen saver when viewing Movies in WM10. I have
> already gone in to and Uncheck the "Allow Screen saver during playback" check
> box. However, even with this Unchecked the screen saver still comes up. The
> only way I have found to stop the screen saver from coming up is to
> completely shut off the screen saver and I would prefer not to do that.
>
> I am using WinXP Media Center 2002, with SP2.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated and helpful.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Ysioc

WMP will refuse to Disable Screensaver if it's a password-protected
screensaver, since then disabling screensaver would perceivably a security
issue...

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"MarcMinbari" <MarcMinbari@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7941A9F8-6DFE-4136-8C53-C86BA49732FE@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a similar issue with my screensaver overriding my "disable
> screensaver" settings in WMP10. I have a Dell Dimension XPS using WinXP
> Media Center 2005. Perhaps this is a Media Center specific problem?
>
> I tried adjusting registry settings via RegEdit, and even tinkered with
> group & user policies, but to no avail. I have reset original registry
> and
> policy settings, which match the settings on my other 2 WinXP Pro SP2
> computers. The XP Pro PCs do not have this issue. Alas, I still have to
> disable screensaver on my MCE to prevent it from blocking out my video.
>
> Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
> Thanks!
>
> ~ Mark
>
> "Ysioc" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I want to disable the screen saver when viewing Movies in WM10. I have
>> already gone in to and Uncheck the "Allow Screen saver during playback"
>> check
>> box. However, even with this Unchecked the screen saver still comes up.
>> The
>> only way I have found to stop the screen saver from coming up is to
>> completely shut off the screen saver and I would prefer not to do that.
>>
>> I am using WinXP Media Center 2002, with SP2.
>>
>> Any advice would be appreciated and helpful.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Ysioc