Screen Saver Doesn't Work with SP2

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I have a new Dell computer with windows XP Service 2 install. the screen
saver have never worked even if I set start time to 1 minute. In Control
Panel/Display I can select any of screen savers and preview works there but
not when computer sets idle. Any ideas to fix would help
 
If you installed the screen saver yourself (ie. if it's a third-party
program), try uninstalling and reinstalling it. If it has caused a problem
with system files run the system file checker. Click start->run, type 'sfc
/scannow' (without the quotes, notice there is a space) and click OK. Be
ready to insert the Windows CD if prompted to do so.

I don't use a screensaver, I just press one of the Windows keys (the ones
with the Windows flags on them, and the L key to bring up the login screen
that works like a screensaver. Just enter the login password and you start
where you left off. Modern monitors don't require the use of a screensaver to
save the screen pixels from locking in one colour.

Eric,
PC Buyer Beware!
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/
 
I hope by now you have solved your problem. I just got a new computer
with Windows XP Pro SP-2 and had the same problem, as do many people. I
had been searching the web for solutions and finally came up with two.
For me it had to do with my Microsoft Wireless Desktop set, and more
specifically I think it's primarily the USB connection for the mouse.
Do not connect the the desktop set/mouse to the USB port. Instead, use
the PS/2 connections. I will quote the Getting Started pamphlet for
Microsoft Wireless Desktop Sets:
"1. Shut down and turn off the computer. 2. Plug the purple PS/2
connector into the computer's round PS/2 keyboard port. 3. Plug the USB
connector into the green USB-to-PS/2 adapter, and then plug the adapter
into the computer's round PS/2 mouse port." Bingo! My screensaver
started working. The other solution involves disabling the DVDlauncher.
Here is the link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911895/en-us. I hope
these answers help you or anyone else. I was totally distraught over no
screensaver functions. I visited so many support forums looking for
answers, I wish I could go back to them all to give them my solutions.
It would take a long time!
 
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