Screen saver does not come on

[Brian VanPelt]

I've set the screen saver for 1 minute, but it never comes on. I
noticed that the user had several screen savers that they downloaded.
I got rid of all of them, and I still can't get the screen saver to
work.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Brian

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

I've set the screen saver for 1 minute, but it never comes on. I
noticed that the user had several screen savers that they downloaded.
I got rid of all of them, and I still can't get the screen saver to
work.

An application that is running in the background may prevent Windows
from entering the idle mode. Check your startup settings to find out
what is causing this. Applications that start with Windows can be
found here:
- the WIN.INI, section [windows], entries "run=" and "load="
- the Registry keys
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
- the folders
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\{username}\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP
See also "How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows
XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560) and "How to Perform a
Clean Boot in Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310353).

 

[unit909]

I am having same problem. Plus my power saver mode does not work.
Did you figure anything out yet? I am stumped

AL

 

[uberdog]

I'm running Media Center Edition, and I was having the same problem. The solution was to run MSCONFIG and disable "ehtray" in the startup tab (if you don't want to restart right away, you can ctrl+alt+del and stop the process). This is a media center-specific process, and disabling it didn't seem to break anything.

Info on the process can be found at http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/ehtray/