How to erase the screen saver history/library

How do I erase (or empty) the screen saver library and history?
I've already gone to both
<Users>/<user>/Library/Screen Savers
<drive>/Library/Screen Savers
Those folders are empty
I can't seem to get into <Users>/<admin>/Library/ -- that folder is totally locked (despite me being logged as the administrator)
suggestions?
thanks
17" MacPro   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

You need to close System Preferences and open filder
~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/
Delete a file called
com.apple.screensaver.*.plist
Your file will have a random sequence of numbers and letters, I have replaced them in this example with an asterisk.

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