Screen saver.

[DEFENDER01]

No matter what i do i just can not get my screen saver to switch on.
after choosing any of the screen savers click preview which works fine
and click apply it just will not change from my desk top back ground.
any help appreciated.

 

[Big Al]

No matter what i do i just can not get my screen saver to switch on.
after choosing any of the screen savers click preview which works fine
and click apply it just will not change from my desk top back ground.
any help appreciated.

You are aware that "screen saver" is not a background right?
Desktop background is a background, but screen saver is what happens
after 10-15 minutes of no activity. Two different tabs on that 'desktop
properties' you were on.
It was useful in the old days of monochrome monitors and windows 3.0 or
DOS 6 etc but of little value now accept amusement.

 

[DEFENDER01]

;3105567']DEFENDER01 wrote:-
No matter what i do i just can not get my screen saver to switch on.
after choosing any of the screen savers click preview which work
fine
and click apply it just will not change from my desk top back ground.
any help appreciated.



-
You are aware that "screen saver" is not a background right?
Desktop background is a background, but screen saver is what happens
after 10-15 minutes of no activity. Two different tabs on tha
'desktop
properties' you were on.
It was useful in the old days of monochrome monitors and windows 3.0 o

DOS 6 etc but of little value now accept amusement.

Yes i do know the difference between a desktop background and a scree
saver.
i have now found my Microsoft laser mouse is causing the problem.
after doing a few searches it seems its a common problem Microsoft hav
not mastered how to get there key boards and mouse to work on their ow
program's

 

[Big Al]

;3105567']DEFENDER01 wrote:-
No matter what i do i just can not get my screen saver to switch on.
after choosing any of the screen savers click preview which works
fine
and click apply it just will not change from my desk top back ground.
any help appreciated.



-
You are aware that "screen saver" is not a background right?
Desktop background is a background, but screen saver is what happens
after 10-15 minutes of no activity. Two different tabs on that
'desktop
properties' you were on.
It was useful in the old days of monochrome monitors and windows 3.0 or

DOS 6 etc but of little value now accept amusement.

Yes i do know the difference between a desktop background and a screen
saver.
i have now found my Microsoft laser mouse is causing the problem.
after doing a few searches it seems its a common problem Microsoft have
not mastered how to get there key boards and mouse to work on their own
program's.

Sorry about the implication. Nothing implied, its just hard to tell
where people fit into the range of windows experience. Glad you got
an answer as much as you don't like it.

 

[DEFENDER01]

;3105844']DEFENDER01 wrote:-
'Big Al[_3_ Wrote: -
;3105567']DEFENDER01 wrote:-
No matter what i do i just can not get my screen saver to switch on.
after choosing any of the screen savers click preview which works
fine
and click apply it just will not change from my desk top back ground.
any help appreciated.



-
You are aware that "screen saver" is not a background right?
Desktop background is a background, but screen saver is what happens
after 10-15 minutes of no activity. Two different tabs on that
'desktop
properties' you were on.
It was useful in the old days of monochrome monitors and windows 3.
or

DOS 6 etc but of little value now accept amusement.-
Yes i do know the difference between a desktop background and
screen
saver.
i have now found my Microsoft laser mouse is causing the problem.
after doing a few searches it seems its a common problem Microsof
have
not mastered how to get there key boards and mouse to work on thei
own
program's.



-
Sorry about the implication. Nothing implied, its just hard to tell
where people fit into the range of windows experience. Glad you go

an answer as much as you don't like it.

No problem thanks anyway its something worth remembering in future whe
changing a mouse or cordless keyboard.
i should have got a logitech they dont seem to suffer the sam
problems

 

[Rick]

;3105567']DEFENDER01 wrote:-
No matter what i do i just can not get my screen saver to switch on.
after choosing any of the screen savers click preview which works
fine
and click apply it just will not change from my desk top back ground.
any help appreciated.



-
You are aware that "screen saver" is not a background right?
Desktop background is a background, but screen saver is what happens
after 10-15 minutes of no activity. Two different tabs on that
'desktop
properties' you were on.
It was useful in the old days of monochrome monitors and windows 3.0 or

DOS 6 etc but of little value now accept amusement.

Yes i do know the difference between a desktop background and a screen
saver.
i have now found my Microsoft laser mouse is causing the problem.
after doing a few searches it seems its a common problem Microsoft have
not mastered how to get there key boards and mouse to work on their own
program's.

You can create a shortcut to your screen saver on the desktop or change
to a logitech mouse they do not cause any problems.

--

Rick
Fargo, ND
N 46°53'251"
W 096°48'279"

Remember the USS Liberty
http://www.ussliberty.org/

 

[Zilbandy]

Rick
Fargo, ND
N 46°53'251"
W 096°48'279"

I'd recheck your coordinates. You can't have 251 seconds... there's
only 60 seconds in a minute of angle.

 

[Bob I]

The screen saver does not work on a Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916256/en-us

;3105844']DEFENDER01 wrote:-
'Big Al[_3_ Wrote: -
;3105567']DEFENDER01 wrote:-
No matter what i do i just can not get my screen saver to switch on.
after choosing any of the screen savers click preview which works
fine
and click apply it just will not change from my desk top back ground.
any help appreciated.



-
You are aware that "screen saver" is not a background right?
Desktop background is a background, but screen saver is what happens
after 10-15 minutes of no activity. Two different tabs on that
'desktop
properties' you were on.
It was useful in the old days of monochrome monitors and windows 3.0
or

DOS 6 etc but of little value now accept amusement.-
Yes i do know the difference between a desktop background and a
screen
saver.
i have now found my Microsoft laser mouse is causing the problem.
after doing a few searches it seems its a common problem Microsoft
have
not mastered how to get there key boards and mouse to work on their
own
program's.



-
Sorry about the implication. Nothing implied, its just hard to tell
where people fit into the range of windows experience. Glad you got

an answer as much as you don't like it.

No problem thanks anyway its something worth remembering in future when
changing a mouse or cordless keyboard.
i should have got a logitech they dont seem to suffer the same
problems.

 

[DEFENDER01]

DEFENDER01 wrote:-
'Big Al[_3_ Wrote: -
;3105567']DEFENDER01 wrote:-
No matter what i do i just can not get my screen saver to switch on.
after choosing any of the screen savers click preview which works
fine
and click apply it just will not change from my desk top back ground.
any help appreciated.



-
You are aware that "screen saver" is not a background right?
Desktop background is a background, but screen saver is what happens
after 10-15 minutes of no activity. Two different tabs on that
'desktop
properties' you were on.
It was useful in the old days of monochrome monitors and windows 3.0
or

DOS 6 etc but of little value now accept amusement.-
Yes i do know the difference between a desktop background and a
screen
saver.
i have now found my Microsoft laser mouse is causing the problem.
after doing a few searches it seems its a common problem Microsoft
have
not mastered how to get there key boards and mouse to work on their
own
program's.



-
You can create a shortcut to your screen saver on the desktop or change

to a logitech mouse they do not cause any problems.

--

Rick
Fargo, ND
N 46°53'251"
W 096°48'279"

Remember the USS Liberty
http://www.ussliberty.org/

Hi Rick yes i got a Logitech mouse today and all is well.just to let
you know interestingly enough the problem only seems to be with
multimedia PCs as the Microsoft laser mouse works fine on my other PC
which is not Multimedia.