Turn your screen saver on or off
A screen saver is a moving picture or pattern that appears on your computer screen when you haven't used the mouse or keyboard for a specified period of time. Screen savers were originally used to save older, monochromatic monitors from damage, but now they're mainly a way to personalize your computer or enhance its security by offering password protection. Watch this video to learn how to turn your screen saver on or off.

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Use pictures as a screen saver
You can create a personalized screen saver by displaying selected pictures as a slide show when you aren't actively using your computer. Watch this video to learn how to use your pictures as a screen saver.

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Delete a screen saver
If you're having problems with a screen saver or know you'll never use it, you can uninstall it from your computer. The screen savers included with Windows, however, can't be uninstalled.

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Change your screen saver
Windows comes with several screen savers. You can also create your own screen savers from personal pictures that you've saved on your computer, and there are screen savers available to download from the web. Watch this video to learn how to change your screen saver.

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Use your Windows password for your screen saver password
You can help make your computer more secure by creating a screen saver password, which locks your computer when the screen saver is on. The screen saver password is the same password that you use to log on to Windows.

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Create a Screen Saver Settings Shortcut
This will show you how to create or download a Screen Saver Settings shortcut that opens directly to the Screen Saver Settings window in Personalization. You can also Pin to Taskbar or Pin to Start Menu this shortcut, or move where you like for easy use.

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How to Allow or Prevent Changing Theme
This will show you how to allow or prevent all users on the computer from changing their current theme through Personalization in Windows 7.

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Personalizing your computer
You can add a personal touch to your computer by changing the computer's theme, color, sounds, desktop background, screen saver, font size, and user account picture. You can also select specific gadgets for your desktop. Learn: themes, aero, sounds, wallpapers, screen savers, fonts, user account pictures and desktop gadgets.

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How to Allow or Prevent Changing Mouse Pointers
By default, users can use the Pointers tab in the Mouse Control Panel to add, remove, or change the mouse pointers. This will show you how to allow or prevent all users on the computer from changing the current mouse pointer scheme settings in Windows 7.

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Allow or Prevent Changing Sounds
This will show you how to allow or prevent all users on the computer to add, remove, or change the current system sound scheme in Windows 7.

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