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Registry Key: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
Data Type: REG_SZ [String Value] // Value Name: ScreenSaveActive
Modify/Create the Value Name [ScreenSaveActive] according to the Value Data
listed below.
Value Data: [0 = ScreenSaveActive Disabled / 1 = ScreenSaveActive Enabled]
Exit Registry and Reboot

From http://www.theeldergeek.com/logon_screen_saver.htm

Brad Loomis
San Miguel, CA

My first from the new server!

-----Original Message-----


Buried deep in my registry for WinXP-ProSP2 is a key
that sets my "Windows Security Desktop Wallpaper"
(That is the Wallpaper you first see when the computer
first Boots and you see my Win2000 style log-on dialog box.)
It has always been set to be different than my Windows DeskTop
wallpaper/background... I think I cleaned up a lot of graphic files
and "blew this one away" in the process...
I could go and find a program to set it and record a reg file and
read where it is, but I was hoping someone knows already and
can post the location of that key...  TIA

                                             Rick Glazier

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