screen saver causes computer to freeze

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dara

The screen saver will turn on when the keyboard is
inactive, but then the whole computer hangs and I have to
do manual shut down (ctrl alt del doesn't work)
 
now im not a computer guy but that sounds like something a friend of mine had, she had downloaded screensavers that her computer didnt like, and everytime they ran bad things happened. If this is happening with normal screensavers too the only thing i could tell you is to uninstall the downloaded ones, run a scan of your system and if it still bugs.....I dunno, i hope i helped though...
 
If the screen saver is high graphics - that is, very
complicated and 'pretty' - when it engages it is using up
most (if not all) of your CPU memory. This means that
while it is running, your computer can't 'think' about
anything else, and it's really hard on the processor. I
would suggest using a different screen saver. (The ones
that come installed with Windows are good, except for
the 'Maze' one - that's high graphics too.)
 
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