Microsoft KB Archive/192264

= Cannot Select "(None)" for Screen Saver =

Article ID: 192264

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q192264



SYMPTOMS
When you click (None) in the Screen Saver box in Display properties, a screen saver may be displayed in the preview box.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if there is a screen saver (.scr) file whose name begins with one of the following characters:

  % # & $ ! (



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use the following steps:


 * 1) Click Start, point to Find, and click Files Or Folders.
 * 2) In the Named box, type "*.scr" (without quotation marks).
 * 3) In the Look In box, click the drive on which Windows is installed, and then click Find Now.
 * 4) In the list of found files, locate any .scr file whose name begins with any of the characters listed earlier in this article. Right-click the file, click Rename, press the RIGHT ARROW key, press the HOME key, press the DELETE key, and then press ENTER.
 * 5) Repeat step 4 for any other .scr files whose name begins with any of the characters listed earlier in this article.

Keywords: kbenv kbprb KB192264

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