XP MCE on HP desktop screen saver works "sometimes"...

[Roveer]

I set up a nice clean XP MCE machine for my kids and instead of having
them power on-off all the time I set the screen saver for 10 minutes
and the system standby for 20 minutes. Well, the screen saver is very
erratic even with no "programs" running. I will often find it in the
middle of the night screen blearing away with just the wallpaper. No
other apps running. Any ideas?

BTW, I do have the smart sleep or whatever it's called checked so the
machine can stay away form MCE recordings, but it even says that it
will still activate the screensaver.

Roveer

 

[Wesley Vogel]

The screen saver does not work on XP MCE (Media Center Edition).

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I have the same problem. Turns out, ehtray.exe is the culprit. It's the
part of Media Center that downloads the guide information. When it's
running, screensaver will not kick in. When I manually disable it via the
task manager, screensaver works. Haven't found a workaround that allows it
to run and my screensaver to run. Perhaps someone out there has the
solution.

You can also disable it from running in the first place in
msconfig/startup..untick ehtray

Bob
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ehtray.exe sounds like the Canadian version of systray.exe to me. ;-) Eh?

<quote>
ehtray.exe is the tray bar process for the Microsoft Media
Center. It gives you easy access to the digital media manager. This is a
non-essential process. Disabling or enabling this is down to user
preference.
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http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/ehtray/

ehtray.exe is the Media Center Tray Applet

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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