cant get my computer to work

[mr frew]

hi i have vista basic when i turn on my laptop it all goes fine then all of a
sudden the screen goes blank an i cant see anything on it apart from the
screen saver but i can still access my controll panel if i act fast if not i
have to restart the computer by pushing cntrl , alt , del can anyone please
please help my here? thanks

 

[peter]

Act fast......turn off your screen saver........then get back to us
peter

 

[Mr. Arnold]

hi i have vista basic when i turn on my laptop it all goes fine then all
of a
sudden the screen goes blank an i cant see anything on it apart from the
screen saver but i can still access my controll panel if i act fast if not
i
have to restart the computer by pushing cntrl , alt , del can anyone
please
please help my here? thanks

Can you start up in safe mode and disable the screen saver?