Screensaver not starting

[littlehobo75]

Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron running Vista. Had no problems until recently
when the screensaver started to refuse to work. Even when I go to screen
saver settings and select preview the screensaver just comes on for less than
a second and goes off again.

I have got a wireless mouse but have always used it, I have tried unplugging
it, but to no avail. I have also tried a selective startup with only
microsoft programs on startup, but still no joy.

Anyone got any ideas as its really frustrating!!

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

How to repair the operating system and how to restore the operating system
configuration to an earlier point in time in Windows Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936212/en-us

 

[KDE]

is it 1 particular screensaver, or all of them ?

 

[littlehobo75]

Its all of the MS screensavers.

is it 1 particular screensaver, or all of them ?

 

[littlehobo75]

Tryed restoring back to earliest point possible, screensaver is still not
working! Any other ideas?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Some Windows Vista functions may not work, or Windows Vista may stop
responding: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

 

[Norman Yuan]

This may not help, but let you know you are not alone.

My Vista (Ultimate) also had this occurred: the screen saver simply stopped
for no apparent reason, no matter what I do to reset, change the screen
saver's configuration. And after a period of no show (about 2 or 3 months),
it works again without noticeable reason. I am sure something may caused
this, such as security update... Just do not know what and/or why.