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Windows Command To Check If Enable Screen Saver Policy Is Enabled
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To check if the "Enable Screen Saver" policy is enabled on a Windows system, you can use the reg query
command to examine the registry settings. Here's the command you can use:
shellreg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop" /v ScreenSaveActive
Running this command will display the value of the "ScreenSaveActive" registry entry under the specified registry key path. If the value is set to "1", it means that the "Enable Screen Saver" policy is enabled. If the value is "0" or if the command returns an error, the policy is likely not enabled.
Here's the breakdown of the command:
reg query
: Command to query the registry."HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop"
: Specifies the registry key path where the screen saver policy settings are stored./v ScreenSaveActive
: Specifies that we want to retrieve the value of the "ScreenSaveActive" registry entry.
Upon executing the command, you will see the output with the value of the "ScreenSaveActive" entry, indicating whether the "Enable Screen Saver" policy is enabled or not.