Tweak Library – Disable Screen Saver When Disk Defragmenter Active

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Disable Screen Saver When Disk Defragmenter Active

This tweak disables the screen saver when defrag is being used.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me

Description:

Hard disks store data in bits and pieces called sectors. Each sector holds a fixed amount of data like 512 bytes. So, a large file may cover the whole disk. To combine them, disk is defragged. If the screen saver becomes active while using the disk defragmenter, it can slow down the process and may interrupt it. Some programs allow you to disable the screensaver before leaving the system for some other operation. The screensaver will not be disabled, if the defrag is run as a scheduled task. Some changes in the registry can disable the screensaver.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. If the subkeys, “\Defrag\Settings\DisableScreenSaver\”, do not exist, create them as explained below. Now, create a string value name “Default” in the right panel, if it does not exist. Right-click it and modify the data value with “Yes” to enable the setting and “No” to disable it.

Click “OK” and close the registry editor.
Restart the system or logoff to see the changes taking effect.

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Disable Screen Saver When Disk Defragmenter Active.reg

The '.reg' file will disable Screen Saver when Disk Defragmenter is active.

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Enable Screen Saver When Disk Defragmenter Active.reg

The '.reg' file will enable Screen Saver when Disk Defragmenter is active.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Defrag

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Defrag\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Settings

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 3 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Defrag\Settings\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

DisableScreenSaver

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 4 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Defrag\Settings\DisableScreenSaver\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Yes

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

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

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\Applets\] and create a sub key as 'Defrag' under the key 'Applets'.

Third, create another subkey as 'Settings' under the subkey 'Defrag'.

Fourth, create another subkey as 'DisableScreenSaver' under the subkey 'Settings'.

Now, right click on the String value 'Default' and select 'Modify'.

Finally set the value data as 'Yes' and click 'OK' to disable Screen Saver when Disk Defragmenter is active.