{"id":8045,"date":"2016-10-17T08:23:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T08:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=8045"},"modified":"2016-10-17T08:23:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T08:23:13","slug":"fix-screen-saver-settings-greyed-out-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/fix-screen-saver-settings-greyed-out-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix: Screen Saver Settings Greyed out in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unable to change screen saver settings? All screen saver options are greyed out or disabled? This problem is caused by a group policy setting that got screen saver disabled. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 2 simple ways to fix this problem in Windows 10, 8 and 7.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/screen-saver-greyed-out.png\" alt=\"screen-saver-greyed-out\" width=\"463\" height=\"510\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8049\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Fix Screen Saver Settings Greyed out Using Group Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type <strong>gpedit.msc<\/strong> and press Enter.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/gpedit.png\" alt=\"gpedit\" width=\"399\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6208\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the left pane of Local Group Policy Editor, navigate to:<br \/>\n<code>User Configuration &gt; Administrative Templates &gt; Control Panel &gt; Personalization<\/code><\/li>\n<li>In the right pane, locate the following two policies:\n<ul>\n<li>Enable screen saver<\/li>\n<li>Password protect the screen saver<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/screen-saver-group-policy.png\" alt=\"screen-saver-group-policy\" width=\"600\" height=\"282\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8047\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Double-click on each policy to modify, set both of them to <strong>Not Configured<\/strong>. Click <strong>Apply<\/strong> and then <strong>OK<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enable-screen-saver.png\" alt=\"enable-screen-saver\" width=\"600\" height=\"554\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8048\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Reboot your computer and you should be able to change the screen saver settings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Fix Screen Saver Settings Greyed out Using Registry Hack<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type <strong>regedit<\/strong> and press Enter.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/regedit-via-run.png\" alt=\"regedit-via-run\" width=\"399\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7481\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the left pane of Registry Editor, navigate to the following key:<br \/>\n<code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Control Panel\\Desktop<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ScreenSaveActive.png\" alt=\"ScreenSaveActive\" width=\"530\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8046\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Delete both <strong>ScreenSaveActive<\/strong> and <strong>ScreenSaverIsSecure<\/strong> in the right pane. 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