If you try to set a screen saver on your computer, but the Screen saver settings are grayed out in Windows 11/10, this article will show you how to fix this problem. When this happens, you may not be able to set screen saver, preview screen saver, and make other screen saver related changes.
If you have multiple user accounts and someone has disabled a particular setting in the Group Policy Editor, you may not be able to use the screen saver settings window. Therefore, you must undo the change for the options to work once more.
POINTE: See this post if the screensaver does not work.
Screen saver settings greyed out in Windows 11/10
To fix the screen saver settings greyed out issue in Windows 11/10, follow these steps:
- Open Local Group Policy Editor
- Search Enable screensaver setting
- Enable it or set it to Not Configured
These steps are illustrated below.
Open the Local Group Policy Editor on your computer. To do this, you can press Win+R, type gpedit.msc, and press the Enter button. You can also search for “group policy editor” in the search box on the taskbar and then click on the corresponding search result.
After opening the Local Group Policy Editor, you need to navigate to this path:
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Personalization
After clicking on the Personalization folder, you will find Activate screen saver settings on your right. You must double-click this parameter to make the change.
By default, it should be set to Not configured. Since the options in the Screen Saver Settings window are already grayed out, you may find it set to Disabled.
You must select either Not configured Where Authorized in the list and click on the To apply and Okay buttons.
If the change mentioned above does not work, you should check the Password protect screen saver setting too. In this case, make sure Not configured is selected. If not, choose this option and save the change.
I hope this helps you.
Related Reading: How to prevent users from changing the screen saver in Windows.
