XP "Display Properties", "Screeen Saver" tab won't keep selection. Defaults to &

pgraff99 · 10-02-2004, 10:28 PM

I'm running on XP Pro with SP2, Nvidia GEForce4 graphics and the screen saver works fine using "Preview", but then when I apply my settings, close the Display Properties, then re-open Display Properties-Screen Saver, it shows "None" for the selected screen saver. I don't have this problem with other screen savers I have loaded on my system. Tried several times.

In summary, my screen saver setting for MA2 refuses to "stick". I've uninstalled, reinstalled several times with the same result.

krauster · 10-03-2004, 01:31 PM

If there are spaces in the filename, try taking them out. This worked for me a while ago when I had the same problem.

feldon34 · 10-03-2004, 04:35 PM

Yes, you'll need to rename, for instance:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Marine Aquarium Time 2.scr
to
C:\WINDOWS\System32\MarineAquariumTime2.scr

pgraff99 · 10-03-2004, 09:01 PM

Yep, that fixed it. Thanks!

10-02-2004, 10:28 PM	#1
pgraff99 Registered Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 2	XP "Display Properties", "Screeen Saver" tab won't keep selection. Defaults to & I'm running on XP Pro with SP2, Nvidia GEForce4 graphics and the screen saver works fine using "Preview", but then when I apply my settings, close the Display Properties, then re-open Display Properties-Screen Saver, it shows "None" for the selected screen saver. I don't have this problem with other screen savers I have loaded on my system. Tried several times. In summary, my screen saver setting for MA2 refuses to "stick". I've uninstalled, reinstalled several times with the same result.

10-03-2004, 04:35 PM	#3
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	Yes, you'll need to rename, for instance: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Marine Aquarium Time 2.scr to C:\WINDOWS\System32\MarineAquariumTime2.scr "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

10-03-2004, 01:31 PM	#2
krauster Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Renfrew, PA Posts: 6	If there are spaces in the filename, try taking them out. This worked for me a while ago when I had the same problem.

10-03-2004, 09:01 PM	#4
pgraff99 Registered Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 2	Yep, that fixed it. Thanks!