While you can tunnel down to the Lock Screen tab, the quickest way to access the settings in Windows 10 is to click the Start button and begin typing screen saver. SEE: Windows 10: The smart person's guide Accessing the Screen Saver settingsĪs I mentioned, Microsoft buried the Screen Saver settings control on the Lock Screen tab in the Personalization settings page. I'll then describe the HTAs and explain how to use them to tweak the Bubbles, Ribbons, and Mystify screen savers. In this article, I'll show you how to find the screen savers in Windows 10. I recently dug out the HTAs and polished them up a bit to work in Windows 10.

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Again, the answer to that question is, unfortunately, no.

After sharing this information, I'm usually asked whether Microsoft ever unlocked the settings for the Bubbles, Ribbons, and Mystify screen savers it introduced in Windows Vista. Windows 10 includes the same set of screen savers that came with Windows Vista. Unfortunately, the answer to that question is no. The second thing people ask is whether Windows 10 comes with any new screen savers. It's just not readily apparent because Microsoft buried the Screen Saver Settings control on the Lock Screen tab in the Personalization settings page. In fact, I have had several people ask me if Windows 10 even comes with screen savers. However, screen savers still have a cool factor that appeals to some computer users. And with today's LCD monitors most people use the energy-saving settings to put the display in sleep mode rather than run a screen saver. Screen savers are not all that important anymore, now that CRT monitors are basically a thing of the past.

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