power saving and screen saver will not work!!!

[Guest]

This is a new Dell P4 Processor 630 w/HT 3.0 GHz, 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM @
440MHz,160GB, XP Pro, 256MB ATI DVI vidio. The system will not start the
screen saver or any of the power saving, sleep, standby, or hibernate. Any
one have any thoughts?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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| This is a new Dell P4 Processor 630 w/HT 3.0 GHz, 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM @
| 440MHz,160GB, XP Pro, 256MB ATI DVI vidio. The system will not start the
| screen saver or any of the power saving, sleep, standby, or hibernate. Any
| one have any thoughts?

 

[Guest]

Dell has no idea! This is a new system and they sent me to the pay for
support page!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Return the system for a refund.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| Dell has no idea! This is a new system and they sent me to the pay for
| support page!

 

[djs0302]

This is a new Dell P4 Processor 630 w/HT 3.0 GHz, 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM @
440MHz,160GB, XP Pro, 256MB ATI DVI vidio. The system will not start the
screen saver or any of the power saving, sleep, standby, or hibernate. Any
one have any thoughts?

Is there a program or service that's running in the background that's
keeping the screen saver from being activated? What happens if you
choose a screen saver and then do nothing with your computer except
wait for the screen saver to pop up? On my computer if I open certain
programs the power scheme settings will not work even after I close the
program I'm using unless I actually go into the power settings in the
control panel and reset them.