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Windows Media Player 11

Toggle Screensaver Display

SUMMARY: Toggle whether or not your screensaver should appear while media files are played with Windows Media Player 11.

Depending on your configuration, if you have a screensaver enabled, when playing multimedia files with Windows Media Player 11, the screensaver may not display during media playback.

If screensavers appear during movie playback, or if screensavers hide visualizations when playing audio files, make sure to disallow the screensaver. Alternatively, if you are not playing movie files nor watching the visualizations, you may wish to allow the screensaver to appear. Thus, to toggle this setting:

1. In full mode, right-click on the Windows Media Player 11 title bar and choose "Tools" - "Options".

2. The "Options" dialog box appears. Click the "Player" tab if it is not already selected.

3. Underneath "Player settings", check or uncheck "Allow screen saver during playback" as desired.

4. Click "OK" to close the dialog box.

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