Windows 10: What happened to the screen saver feature?

Discus and support What happened to the screen saver feature? in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; All of a sudden I've lost my screen saver function. It used to be under Personalization in the Control Panel but that option has suddenly disappeared... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by rzn6jw, Aug 25, 2017.

  1. rzn6jw Win User

    What happened to the screen saver feature?


    All of a sudden I've lost my screen saver function. It used to be under Personalization in the Control Panel but that option has suddenly disappeared from the panel and the 'Settings' panel is next to usless.

    Now I don't have a screen saver and I have no log on screen after I move the mouse to turn on the display.

    Any ideas what happened?

    :)
     
    rzn6jw, Aug 25, 2017
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  2. line_king Win User

    What happened to the old 8.1 screen saver

    The photo montage screensaver, which seemed to work, after upgrading to 10, stopped working. This was a great screensaver for me, because I had so many great pictures of my kids et al in my pictures file and I would like it BACK! Please. Thank
    you.
     
    line_king, Aug 25, 2017
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  3. What happened to the old 8.1 screen saver

    Hi,



    Apologies for the late reply.

    I would suggest you un-install and re-install the software and see if that helps.

    Try the following steps:

    • Press windows + R keys to open Run command
    • Type Appwiz.cpl and hit enter.
    • look for this software and uninstall it.

    Re-install the software and check.

    Regards,
     
    Waseemulla S, Aug 25, 2017
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  4. Berton Win User

    What happened to the screen saver feature?

    Don't know about your setup but when I need something from the "old" Control Panel I type control in the Search box and click on the Control Panel item, usually first on the list. Since I'm in that feature nearly every day, when it is open I right-click the icon in the Taskbar and choose More then Pin to Taskbar. It lets me have both PowerShell and Control Panel available.
     
    Berton, Aug 25, 2017
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  5. rzn6jw Win User
    I can get to the control panel fine. It's just that the 'Personalization' option has disappeared from the panel. That's where I always got to the screen saver function to set the time-out and 'sign on screen' options. There's no option for the screen saver in the 'Settings/Personalization' either (disappeared).
     
    rzn6jw, Aug 25, 2017
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  6. Dude Win User
  7. With today's monitors screen savers are not necessary. I have not used one in years.
     
    Josey Wales, Aug 25, 2017
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  8. rzn6jw Win User

    What happened to the screen saver feature?

    I just restored my C:\ drive from a backup made two days ago and 'Personalization' is back on the Control Panel and the screen saver options are back on the 'Settings/Personalization' screen. Don't have malware of virus according to Norton so I wonder how those items disappeared.

    Also, I had my 'boot' options set to show Boot to Win 10 and Boot to Safe Mode before the system actually completed booting, and those options were gone, too, but back after the restore. Don't know how those could have disappeared because someone would actually have to delete them from MSCONFIG or something overlayed the boot options.

    Anyway, it's working now.

    Thanks.
     
    rzn6jw, Apr 5, 2018
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