Screensaver Problems

[Guest]

For some reason, since about a month ago, I am unable to get my screensaver
to activate when scheduled. My current settings set the screensaver to come
on after 10 mins and the screen to blank after 30 mins, with standby after 1
hr. The screen will blank and the system go into standby at the appropriate
times, but the screensaver never starts.
The tab is not greyed and I have tried every available screensaver. Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

Some programs stop the screen saver from activating. (ie.burning software).
I would start there (go to your task manager and view what is running)
this should get you the program causing this isue.

 

[Guest]

Set Standby and Hibernate to - Never.
Now try it again.

 

[Guest]

I have no new processes since this problem began. Here is a list of the
processes currently running, but I don't see any potentially conflicting ones:

Process PID CPU Description
System Idle Process 0 95.38
Interrupts n/a Hardware Interrupts
DPCs n/a Deferred Procedure Calls
System 4
smss.exe 488 Windows NT Session Manager
csrss.exe 540 Client Server Runtime Process
winlogon.exe 564 Windows NT Logon Application
services.exe 608 1.54 Services and Controller app
ati2evxx.exe 808 ATI External Event Utility EXE Module
svchost.exe 844 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
dllhost.exe 1328 COM Surrogate
WINWORD.EXE 6436 Microsoft Office Word
svchost.exe 912 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
svchost.exe 980 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
svchost.exe 1048 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
svchost.exe 1140 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
spoolsv.exe 1232 Spooler SubSystem App
iSafe.exe 1496 CA ISafe Service
DkService.exe 1512 DKSERVICE.EXE
inetinfo.exe 1572 Internet Information Services
MDM.EXE 1588 Machine Debug Manager
tcpsvcs.exe 1640 TCP/IP Services Application
snmp.exe 1720 SNMP Service
svchost.exe 1748 1.54 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
wdfmgr.exe 1824 Windows User Mode Driver Manager
svchost.exe 3316 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
dllhost.exe 908 COM Surrogate
msdtc.exe 2172 MS DTC console program
vsmon.exe 27320 TrueVector Service
VetMsg.exe 17072 CA Antivirus Realtime Messaging Service
lsass.exe 620 LSA Shell (Export Version)
ati2evxx.exe 264 ATI External Event Utility EXE Module
explorer.exe 2832 Windows Explorer
procexp.exe 6824 1.54 Sysinternals Process Explorer
HSTrans.exe 2052 Homescan Internet Transporter
CAVTray.exe 2060 CA Antivirus System Tray Application
CAVRid.exe 2084 CA Antivirus Realtime Infection Report
StartupMonitor.exe 2096
YPager.exe 2140
msnmsgr.exe 2152 MSN Messenger
aim.exe 2264 AOL Instant Messenger
googletalk.exe 2368 Google Talk
DnloadMage.exe 2616 Download Mage
MailWasher.exe 2660 MailWasher Pro
ca.exe 9468 CA eTrust Security Software
Weather.exe 21024 AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc.
OUTLOOK.EXE 6308 Microsoft Office Outlook
IEXPLORE.EXE 6388 Internet Explorer

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately, this did not work either.

Set Standby and Hibernate to - Never.
Now try it again.

 

[TaurArian [MVP]]

Screen Saver May Not Start in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326719

Troubleshooting Screen Saver Issues in XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm#ss

Posting from another user by the name of David:
â€I figured out what the problem is. It's the Microsoft Wireless Mouse. If I switch
the mouse to one with a tail the screensaver works.â€
then David posted again
â€I got a fix. I changed to connection to the computer using the USB to PS2 adapter
that came with the mouse. Now I get the screensaver. I would be interested to find
out why this works.â€

Another checkpoint - make sure that a program is not causing the computer to remain
active. You may have a program running in the background that springs into life when
the computer is idle.

 

[Guest]

This was very helpful, to a point. When checking those registry entries, all
seemed well with the entries I was to check, but I noticed one (scrnsave.exe)
was set to a screensaver I don't even have. I tried changing the name to one
I have, as well as trying it without one at all.

Alas, even after a reboot, the screensaver will still not turn on. Any other
ideas??

 

[TaurArian [MVP]]

No.

This was very helpful, to a point. When checking those registry entries, all
seemed well with the entries I was to check, but I noticed one (scrnsave.exe)
was set to a screensaver I don't even have. I tried changing the name to one
I have, as well as trying it without one at all.

Alas, even after a reboot, the screensaver will still not turn on. Any other
ideas??

 

[Guest]

My new computer screensaver only works on the one minutes setting. Anyone
have any ideas?

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

My new computer screensaver only works on the one minutes setting. Anyone
have any ideas?

Some software that runs on your system may prevent the screen saver
from starting. See "How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility
in Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560).