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Customize “Ribbon” screen saver settings.

Windows Vista may not permit you to configure settings associated with a screen saver, but with the assistance of this tweak you can configure it to your requirements straight from registry.

Tweak for : Windows Vista

Description:

Windows Vista may not permit you to configure settings associated with a screen saver, but with the assistance of this tweak you can configure it to your requirements straight from registry.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create the DWORD values “NumRibbons” and “RibbonWidth” in the right panel.

Now, right-click and modify their values with the desired data. The values of “NumRibbons” can range between 1-256 whereas the “RibbonWidth” takes higher integer values like “20000000”.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Ribbons\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

NumRibbons

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Range 1-256

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Ribbons\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

RibbonWidth

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Higher integer values like “20000000”.

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

The above image indicates increased width of the Ribbons while the later represents increase in number.

The default size and number of ribbons on the screens saver.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type 'regedit'.

Second, go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Ribbons\] and create a DWORD value as 'NumRibbons'.

Third, right click on the DWORD value 'NumRibbons' and select 'Modify'.

Fourth, set a user defined value data between range 1-256 to select the number of Ribbons to be displayed and click 'OK'.

Now, again create a DWORD value under the key 'Ribbons' as 'RibbonWidth'.

Now, right click on the DWORD value 'RibbonWidth' and selkect 'Modify'.

Finally set higher user defined integer values like '20000000' to select the width of the Ribbons and click 'OK'.