How to get user lock / screensaver delay?

Question

How do I get the user's setting for screensaver / machine lock time?

Is there a function in C#?
If not, what is the WIN API function for this?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 24 '13 at 13:38

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The screen saver timeout is obtained by calling SystemParametersInfo with the action SPI_GETSCREENSAVETIMEOUT.

answered Jul 24 '13 at 13:38

David Heffernan

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 24 '13 at 13:30

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Registry key - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop look at the value of ScreenSaveTimeOut

Keep in mind your application will have to run with elevated rights in order to access the registry.

answered Jul 24 '13 at 13:30

dutzu

The key you provided does not exsit on my machine. Did you mean `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaveTimeOut`, – joe Jul 24 '13 at 13:35
This is exactly why you should not poke in the registry for this. – David Heffernan Jul 24 '13 at 13:37

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