How to get a screensaver at the Windows 7 login screen?

How to get a screensaver at the Windows 7 login screen? I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. Since a couple of weeks, I no longer have a screensaver on the Windows login screen. If a user logs and then lock his session, the screensaver will start eventually but if no user are logged the login screen will never start the screensaver.
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bert [Entry]

"I'm not 100% sure if these steps will work if someone isn't logged on though!

To enable the screensaver, first
choose the screensaver you want. Look
in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 for files with
the .SCR extension - typically there
are the following (at least on my
Enterprise Installation)...

SSTEXT3D - 3D Text
BUBBLES.SCR - Bubbles
MYSTIFY.SCR - Mystify
PHOTOSCREENSAVER.SCR - Photos
RIBBONS.SCR - Ribbons

One of the things to be aware of is
that you don't appear to have Direct3D
support at the logon screen so the
builtin screensavers above won't work.
Unless you have another file you might
want to grab the LOGON.SCR file from
an earlier operating system.

Once you have your screensaver (in my
case LOGON.SCR), open your registry
editor and navigate to the following
key -

HKEY_USERS \ .Default \ Control Panel \ Desktop

Below this key create the following
REG_SZ values...

SCRNSAVE.EXE = C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\LOGON.SCR
ScreenSaveActive = 1
ScreenSaveIsSecure = 0
ScreenSaveTimeOut = 60 (or whatever timeout you want in seconds)

That's it - you'll have your
screensaver at the logon screen then."

bert [Entry]

"Look at this: ScreenSaverIsSecure

0: The check box is cleared. The screen saver is not password-protected.

1: The check box is selected. The screen saver is password-protected."