screen saver

[Glenn]

Anyone have any idea why my screen saver doesn't kick in as of a couple days ago?

It shows under "properties" and I can even re-click "apply" but no matter how much lag time I give it, it won't come on

It and the following question I have in a different post occurred about the same time. It is as follows.............

Anyone having trouble with the recent updates?

I have noticed that I can be typing along and all the sudden I'm typing blanks. Just happened recently. The other day, I backed up with system recall a week wondering if I picked up something that my anti-vir couldn't find. The problem seemed to go away.

Last evening I let it re-download the same couple updates and the problem re-appeared. I backed it up clear to Jan 1 and again, it seems to be OK. I see it is wanting to download them again. Don't think so.

 

[Eric]

Sounds to me like it could be some sort of virus, but not sure as it is an update that you are downloading. Maybe there is something else that with the update you are picking up and then when you go back you are removing the virus as well.
Anyone have any idea why my screen saver doesn't kick in as of a couple days ago?

It shows under "properties" and I can even re-click "apply" but no matter how much lag time I give it, it won't come on

It and the following question I have in a different post occurred about the same time. It is as follows.............

Anyone having trouble with the recent updates?

I have noticed that I can be typing along and all the sudden I'm typing blanks. Just happened recently. The other day, I backed up with system recall a week wondering if I picked up something that my anti-vir couldn't find. The problem seemed to go away.

Last evening I let it re-download the same couple updates and the problem re-appeared. I backed it up clear to Jan 1 and again, it seems to be OK. I see it is wanting to download them again. Don't think so.

 

[Elmo]

Anyone have any idea why my screen saver doesn't kick in as of a couple
days ago?

It shows under "properties" and I can even re-click "apply" but no
matter how much lag time I give it, it won't come on

It and the following question I have in a different post occurred about
the same time. It is as follows.............

Anyone having trouble with the recent updates?

I have noticed that I can be typing along and all the sudden I'm typing
blanks. Just happened recently. The other day, I backed up with system
recall a week wondering if I picked up something that my anti-vir
couldn't find. The problem seemed to go away.

Last evening I let it re-download the same couple updates and the
problem re-appeared. I backed it up clear to Jan 1 and again, it seems
to be OK. I see it is wanting to download them again. Don't think so.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm

Click "S" and scroll down to the Screen Saver section.

 

[Glenn]

Hoped this would work but I bombed out. On.....

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\ {Windows\Control
Panel\Desktop}

Mine goes only to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\
{System certificates}

I can't find any program that indicates it is a screen saver even
doing a search on "C". It must be there because under desktop,
properties, I can view, adjust and see a demo of it. What name
does it go by under the standard xp pro? If I can't find it, I
can't verify it is under system32

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop gives me several entries
of screen saver

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. Scrnsave.exe =
C:\Windows\System32\logon.scr......I did change to logon.scr. It
had something else.

 

[Elmo]

Hoped this would work but I bombed out. On.....

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\ {Windows\Control
Panel\Desktop}

Mine goes only to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\
{System certificates}

I can't find any program that indicates it is a screen saver even doing
a search on "C". It must be there because under desktop, properties, I
can view, adjust and see a demo of it. What name does it go by under
the standard xp pro? If I can't find it, I can't verify it is under
system32

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop gives me several entries of
screen saver

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. Scrnsave.exe =
C:\Windows\System32\logon.scr......I did change to logon.scr. It had
something else.

Did you ever mention what screen saver you need the name of? If so, I
missed it.

 

[Glenn]

Did you ever mention what screen saver you need the name of? If
so, I missed it.

I don't understand the question. The pattern I use is the 3d
flowerbox but I assumed that is just one of the choices of the EXE
program that I assumed would be "screensaver.exe" or something of
that nature. I can't find anything like that but under
properties, screensaver it seems to be there and working.

I'll look at my system recall to see how far back I can back the
thing. Maybe I can back something out that is causing this.

Glenn

 

[Guest]

I had the same problem...Drove me nuts...I found the answer....Just go into
run, then msconfig and remove any DVD softeare from your Startup then save
and reboot...It works!!!!

 

[Elmo]

I don't understand the question. The pattern I use is the 3d flowerbox
but I assumed that is just one of the choices of the EXE program that I
assumed would be "screensaver.exe" or something of that nature. I can't
find anything like that but under properties, screensaver it seems to be
there and working.

I'll look at my system recall to see how far back I can back the thing.
Maybe I can back something out that is causing this.

Glenn

Although they're executables, they have the extension .scr and they're
in the C:\WINDOWS\system32 folder. Try a simple screensaver and see if
they will work; the 3d ones use DirectX. You might run DXDiag and see
if it complains, but if the test works, I kinda' doubt it's the problem.

 

[Glenn]

To everyone who responded, a big thank you.

Where I'm at.

My saver is "ssflwbox" and is where it belongs on sys32. I made a
shortcut to it and put it on the desktop and it runs perfectly. I
have used "spamihilator" for ages and with trial and error have
determined that it, all the sudden, was keeping the system from
calling the saver. I can exit "spamihilator" and the saver works
normally. I have never found a spam stopper that works as well as
"spamihilator" so I'm keeping it for now and will use the desktop
call if I want the saver. I intend to talk to "spamihilator"
authors and see if they can come up with a fix.

Maybe others have ran into this.

Thanks again.