Nano Server was an interesting attempt at creating a datacenter grade OS that’s not managed via local GUI, keyboard and mouse, but rather full automation, remote tooling and code. My goal is to demystify this a bit, lower the entry bar and made it easy for people to hack it. People didn’t bother to even check it out. Even if you managed to get it running, there wasn’t anything you could actually do with it for fun. You couldn’t just simply download and run it. It had a rather high entry barrier, requiring you to build it on a Windows Server 2016 host using PowerShell magic spells. While everybody is busy buzzing about Windows 11, I wanted to commemorate the finest operating system ever made by Microsoft – Nano Server.įor most of people Nano Server was esoteric, distant and unapproachable.

Click OK and reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.( This is a guest post by Antoni Sawicki aka Tenox).

If you want to turn on screen saver later, you need to set that option to Enabled. After disabling, all the screen saver settings options will be greyed out.

Set it to Disabled if you want to turn off screen saver.

Double-click on the policy labeled “ Enable screen saver“.

Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Personalization.

This will open the Local Group Policy Editor.

Press Windows key + R and type gpedit.msc and hit Enter.

Method 2: Turn On / Off Screen Saver Using Group Policy If you want to turn off screen saver, just set the screen saver as None and Uncheck the box to On resume, display logon screen.

Once Screen Saver Settings dialog is launched, you can customize the screensaver and change the idle time before the screen saver is activated.

If you’re running Windows 7, simply click on the Screen Saver link at the bottom of the window. Click on Lock screen in the left pane, then click the Screen saver settings link in the right pane.

It now opens up the Personalization settings.

Right-click the empty space on your desktop and select Personalize.

Method 1: Turn On / Off Screen Saver from Screen Saver Settings Dialog

In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 ways to turn on or off screen saver in Windows 10 / 8 /7. But sometimes screen saver will bother you while playing movie. After a short time of inactivity, screen saver will automatically lock the screen and apply password protection. Screen saver is a nice way to protect your computer from prying eyes when you walk away without locking it.

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