Screensaver not working?

[Robert McLure]

Hello all!

I've got a small problem that is turning out more annoying than anything
else. I've got my screensaver set to start at 5 minutes, and I've got
selected On Resume, Display Welcome Screen. When my screensaver starts, it
will run for about 5 minutes, and then the Welcome Screen displays and the
screensaver does not activate once again. I then have the Welcome Screen
showing until I go and log back in.

Could there be something that is "waking" the screensaver? I can't figure
this one out. I don't mind the screensaver waking if there is some kind of
activity on the computer (which I don't think I have any running), but I do
mind that the screensaver doesn't start up again.

Any help would be appreciated.

Bobby

 

[Michael P Gabriel]

Hello all!

I've got a small problem that is turning out more annoying than anything
else. I've got my screensaver set to start at 5 minutes, and I've got
selected On Resume, Display Welcome Screen. When my screensaver starts, it
will run for about 5 minutes, and then the Welcome Screen displays and the
screensaver does not activate once again. I then have the Welcome Screen
showing until I go and log back in.

Could there be something that is "waking" the screensaver? I can't figure
this one out. I don't mind the screensaver waking if there is some kind of
activity on the computer (which I don't think I have any running), but I do
mind that the screensaver doesn't start up again.

Any help would be appreciated.

Bobby

are a waste of electricity! I push the off button on my monitor. A 17"
screen is not unlike a 17" TV, just burning energy.. Also, they use
memory to store them. I deleted every screen saver in my system by
searching: *.scr that is: star.scr Just think about it.
Oh, and no more annoyances!

Mike
Picture Rocks, AZ

 

[John R. Sellers]

screen savers are a waste of electricity!

Your computer is what use electricity, not the screensaver.

Today's screensavers are nothing more than eye candy since monitors now have
burn-in prevention tech. built-in.

I don't use screensavers anymore...

I push the off button on my monitor.

....I have my Power Management properties set to put my PC in S3 standby mode
after 5 minutes of inactivity.

I deleted every screen saver in my system

I don't see any reason to. The 10 .SCR files only take up a total of
2.26MB, and my HD is 60GB. As of this writing, I've only used 3.39GB, so I
don't see a reason to delete them.