Screensavers will not initialize

[Guest]

My computer is running XP Home/SP2 with all updates. I was in the process of
setting it up and somewhere along the way noticed that my screensavers will
not initialize......none of them. I have tried different time settings and
nothing will work. I can click on preview and all screensavers work, the
just won't initialize on their on. I don't have any wireless devices. I
checked my system resources and nothing is initiating that would reset the
timeout counter. I have not downloaded any third-party screensavers.....only
the ones that came with XP and Plus......Thanks in advance for any
help......Bill Gibbs

 

[Wesley Vogel]

The screen saver does not work when you use a Wireless Optical Desktop mouse
on a Windows XP SP2-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911895

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

Thanks for the quick replay, Wesley.......I do not have any wireless devices,
mouse or otherwise running on the computer....Bill G

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Bill,

Maybe you have a restriction.

Visit here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top.
Scroll down to...
232. Lift Screen Saver Restrictions - Admin

screensaverestrictions.reg is the file that you want.

[[To use the Regedits: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. ]]

See also...
ScreenSaveActive
[[Enables desktop screen savers. If you disable this setting, screen savers
do not run. Also, this setting disables the Screen Saver section of the
Screen Saver tab in Display in Control Panel. As a result, users cannot
change the screen saver options. ]]

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop
and/or
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop

Value Name: ScreenSaveActive
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1

0 = The policy is disabled. Screen savers do not run. Also, the Screen Saver
section of the Screen Saver tab is disabled, so users cannot change
the screen saver options.
1 = The policy is enabled or not configured. Screen savers can run. Also,
the Screen Saver section of the Screen Saver tab is enabled, so users
can change screen saver options.
(Not in the registry) = Same as if it were and set 1.
from...
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/93257.asp

Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display\
Screen Saver

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[All Things Mopar]

Today, with great enthusiasm and quite emphatically, Wesley
Vogel laid this on an unsuspecting readership ...

The screen saver does not work when you use a Wireless Optical
Desktop mouse on a Windows XP SP2-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911895

my screen saver works just fine on XP Pro SP2 using an HP wireless
keyboard and wireless mouse.

 

[Guest]

Wesley, I rolled my System restore back several program installations prior
to the problem and got my screensaver function back....I reloaded the
programs after making a restore point prior to each one. I got everything
installed and did not have the problem that I had previously. I'll chalk it
up to "Sunspots" or the generic "negative waves"......I have no idea what
caused it, I just know that it didn't do it the second time around. System
Restore is our friend....Thanks for your replies...Bill G

Bill,

Maybe you have a restriction.

Visit here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top.
Scroll down to...
232. Lift Screen Saver Restrictions - Admin

screensaverestrictions.reg is the file that you want.

[[To use the Regedits: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. ]]

See also...
ScreenSaveActive
[[Enables desktop screen savers. If you disable this setting, screen savers
do not run. Also, this setting disables the Screen Saver section of the
Screen Saver tab in Display in Control Panel. As a result, users cannot
change the screen saver options. ]]

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop
and/or
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop

Value Name: ScreenSaveActive
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1

0 = The policy is disabled. Screen savers do not run. Also, the Screen Saver
section of the Screen Saver tab is disabled, so users cannot change
the screen saver options.
1 = The policy is enabled or not configured. Screen savers can run. Also,
the Screen Saver section of the Screen Saver tab is enabled, so users
can change screen saver options.
(Not in the registry) = Same as if it were and set 1.
from...
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/93257.asp

Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display\
Screen Saver

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks for the quick replay, Wesley.......I do not have any wireless
devices, mouse or otherwise running on the computer....Bill G

 

[Wesley Vogel]

The phase of the moon, Bill. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Wesley, I rolled my System restore back several program installations
prior to the problem and got my screensaver function back....I reloaded
the programs after making a restore point prior to each one. I got
everything installed and did not have the problem that I had previously.
I'll chalk it up to "Sunspots" or the generic "negative waves"......I
have no idea what caused it, I just know that it didn't do it the second
time around. System Restore is our friend....Thanks for your
replies...Bill G

Bill,

Maybe you have a restriction.

Visit here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top.
Scroll down to...
232. Lift Screen Saver Restrictions - Admin

screensaverestrictions.reg is the file that you want.

[[To use the Regedits: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double
click it and answer yes to the import prompt. ]]

See also...
ScreenSaveActive
[[Enables desktop screen savers. If you disable this setting, screen
savers do not run. Also, this setting disables the Screen Saver section
of the Screen Saver tab in Display in Control Panel. As a result, users
cannot change the screen saver options. ]]

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop
and/or
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop

Value Name: ScreenSaveActive
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1

0 = The policy is disabled. Screen savers do not run. Also, the Screen
Saver section of the Screen Saver tab is disabled, so users cannot
change the screen saver options.
1 = The policy is enabled or not configured. Screen savers can run. Also,
the Screen Saver section of the Screen Saver tab is enabled, so
users can change screen saver options.
(Not in the registry) = Same as if it were and set 1.
from...
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/93257.asp

Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display\
Screen Saver

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks for the quick replay, Wesley.......I do not have any wireless
devices, mouse or otherwise running on the computer....Bill G

:

The screen saver does not work when you use a Wireless Optical Desktop
mouse on a Windows XP SP2-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911895

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Bill G <Bill (e-mail address removed)> hunted and pecked:
My computer is running XP Home/SP2 with all updates. I was in the
process of setting it up and somewhere along the way noticed that my
screensavers will not initialize......none of them. I have tried
different time settings and nothing will work. I can click on preview
and all screensavers work, the just won't initialize on their on. I
don't have any wireless devices. I checked my system resources and
nothing is initiating that would reset the timeout counter. I have
not downloaded any third-party screensavers.....only the ones that
came with XP and Plus......Thanks in advance for any help......Bill
Gibbs

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Must not be a Dell, dude. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[All Things Mopar]

Today, with great enthusiasm and quite emphatically, Wesley Vogel
laid this on an unsuspecting readership ...

Must not be a Dell, dude. ;-)

Nope, after the POS Dell I bought my daughter a few years back, you
couldn't give me one today. Later in this same thread I had to
chuckle thinking about M$ screwing up their own mouse with their
own O/S. Guess when Bill the Gates says he hires nothing but the
best and brightest, that doesn't include alpha testers!

 

[Rick]

The screen saver does not work when you use a Wireless Optical Desktop mouse
on a Windows XP SP2-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911895

He said he had no wireless devices

rick

 

[Rick]

Today, with great enthusiasm and quite emphatically, Wesley
Vogel laid this on an unsuspecting readership ...



my screen saver works just fine on XP Pro SP2 using an HP wireless
keyboard and wireless mouse.

Ya it is only M$'s wireless products that cause the problem--go figure

 

[All Things Mopar]

Today, with great enthusiasm and quite emphatically, Rick laid
this on an unsuspecting readership ...

Ya it is only M$'s wireless products that cause the
problem--go figure

Yep, I commented on this "strange" coincidence elsewhere today.
Either Bill the Gates doesn't really hire the best and brightest or
they blew it. Or, maybe somebody noticed but the "suits" made the
decision not to fix it.