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This has just been annoying. First off when I download a screensaver from the setup it says could not write over system.ini . Now even though they seem to be working, including the ones that came with the computer, none of my screensavers seem to be working. When I select the one I want and press apply then ok it seems to be fine. Then if I go back to the selection screen its reset to none as if I never selected one in the first place.

Heya Dakaggo,

If you navigate to your C:\Windows folder, and then to the system.ini file, right click on it and then click properties. Check to make sure that read-only is unchecked. Mine wasn't checked by default.

Hope that helps!

No its not checked read-only.

Thats not really the problem though. Even the properly installed screen savers aren't working. The ones that come with the computer. As I said after I apply and ok a screensaver it autoresets to none.

Hmm...that would seem to me that there is a problem with your registry, because screen saver settings are stored there. However, I can't think of a solution. Because it keeps resetting back to none, the setting in the registry isn't saving when you click apply.

Possibly navigating to the C:\Windows/System32\config folder and making sure all of those files aren't set to read-only (the software file is the key one in this case)? The only other thing I could think that could cause this problem is maybe the location in registry where screensaver settings are stored is missing. I can't say I know how to add those values back in. When you choose a screensaver, the location for the settings is saved to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Screensavers in the registry.

Also, if you installed some sort of screensaver program, maybe that affected something. Maybe uninstalling any additional screensavers and/or screensaver programs might help.

Hopefully something there helps you