Screen Saver Failure

[Michael]

I have a new XP system. The screen save will only
activate if the activation time is set to one minute. If
I set it to 2 minutes or highr the screen saver never
comes on. The only application that is loaded is the
Norton antivirus.

The really strange thing is that I had the exact same
problem on my old system for it's entire 6 year service
life.

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

I have a new XP system. The screen save will only
activate if the activation time is set to one minute. If
I set it to 2 minutes or highr the screen saver never
comes on. The only application that is loaded is the
Norton antivirus.

Some software running in the background may prevent Windows from
starting the screen saver. See "How to Troubleshoot By Using the
Msconfig Utility in Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560) and "How to Perform a
Clean Boot in Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310353).