Screen Saver doesn't work... HELP

[Guest]

My screen saver doesn't work, I didn't do anything to prompt it to not work,
I do not use any mouse other than my touch pad. I use Windows Vista Home
Premium on a Dell Laptop. I have tried to read other people's posts and
either can't understand them or they don't apply to me. I can't even preview
the screen savers. Please help. Thanks!

 

[Guest]

Do you receive any kind of error? Also, did they work before and quit, or
have they never worked?

 

[Guest]

no error message it just never goes idle it seems. All the screensavers
worked before and then all of a sudden they stopped. I have only had the
laptop for a little over a month...

 

[Hank]

Are you using a wireless mouse and Keyboard ?

Hank

 

[anon]

My screensaver also stopped working. I too am running Vista Home Premium. I
suspect it was a Symantec update that caused this problem. I tried to do a
system restore prior to the update but the restore failed too. Also have
found no solution. Called HP and they were absolutely no help.

 

[Matt]

Im having the same problems, the screensaver just wont work or preview, its
as if i move the mouse however i am not doing. Anybody any solutions yet?????

 

[Debra]

I got an unexpected vista update today and as I watched my computer go down
and come back up and with no intervention my screensaver then tried to come
on and guess what - new screen saver error. I also still suffer from another
problem a just after a previous vista update - I have two login icons that go
my same one and only user login account. Can anyone help?
(e-mail address removed)

 

[saucybunches2]

I also have the same problem...the preview works fine but the screensaver
doesn't come on. This happened when I first got the laptop. The screensavber
worked once and then stopped. I re-installed Vista Premium and the first time
the screensaver worked after I set it up. Then it stopped. Any ideas?

 

[saucybunches]

Thanks for the help. Just pointing the mouse away from the lapop didn't
work...signal too strong probably. However, I disconnected the mouse and used
the fingerpad. The screensaver came on. I then downloaded the optional that
david said to use and that worked for the wireless mouse. Again, thanks for
the help!!!

 

[countryfan23]

I read all of the posts and tried to "have my pointer resting outside of the
screen" What does this mean exactly? First I took it off of the screen all
the way to the bottom below the windows icon to where the arrow was no longer
visible. No screensaver. Then I took the arrow all the way to the top above
the black bar and all the way to the left so you can no longer see the arrow
(pointer) and still no screensaver. What do you mean "have your mouse
pointing away from the computer" How do I accomplish this?

 

[Frederikken]

Some more interesting stuff:
I have one Laptop, DELL, running WinXP SP3, wireless mouse, having the same
problem. But it did work some time ago.
Additionally I haver a stationary DELL, Desktop, wired mouse. Also the same
problem, sometimes. Sometimes screen Saver works, sometimes not,
Could it be a problem from somewere else than the wireless mouse. Someone
somewhere mentioned an UD of Symantec. MAybe??

 

[Unhappy with Vista]

I just got another notebook computer and it has Vista installed.
I love my screen saver on XP but cannot get it to work here with Vista.
Why? Has anyone found a solution?
Why, on a new computer, does Microsoft charge $59 to answer a question?

 

[DDW]

I just got another notebook computer and it has Vista installed.
I love my screen saver on XP but cannot get it to work here with Vista.
Why? Has anyone found a solution?
Why, on a new computer, does Microsoft charge $59 to answer a question?

Support for your computer AND for Windows is provided by your vendor.

DDW