By Jennifer | Last Updated
"Hi, everyone. I want to know how to prevent others from changing screen saver in Windows 8 computer. Please do not tell me to directly ask them not to change it. Your better ideas will be deeply appreciated."
In fact, you don't have to request other people not to change the screen saver, because you can enable the setting of "Prevent changing screen saver" in your computer. And this text illustrates the detailed steps one by one.
Video guide on how to prevent changing screen saver in Windows 8:
Step 1: Double-tap the group policy shortcut on the desktop to access the Group Policy Editor.
Tips: If you are concerned about how to create the shortcut, you can find the method from How to Make A Group Policy Shortcut on Windows 8 /8.1 Desktop.
Step 2: Locate and double-click Prevent changing screen saver in the editor.
In more detail, find it using the path of User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Control Panel/Personalization/Prevent changing screen saver.
Step 3: As the window titled Prevent changing screen saver opens, select Enabled and choose OK to enable the setting.
Note: Suppose you want to allow changing screen saver in the future, you can access the same setting, select Disabled or Not Configured and tap OK.
Afterwards, no matter who goes to change the screen saver, the prompt box named Display Settings appears, with a message that reads, "Your system administrator has disabled launching of the Display Control Panel." In other words, the action to change screen saver is prevented successfully.
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