Help with Screensaver problem, please

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Saxon

Hi

Hope someone on this NG can help. My Screensaver has stopped working. I
have checked in Display Panel and everything appears to be in order. The
lastest updates have been downloaded from Microsoft for XP. Any ideas or if
I am on the wrong NG can you point me in the right direction.

Many thanks

Saxon
 
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

The screen saver does not work on a Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916256

The screen saver does not start after you install the Wireless Optical
Desktop device
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913405

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

<quote>
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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<quote>

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.
<quote>
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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Hi

thanks for your reply. I do have a wireless mouse but have had for a couple
of years and the screensaver worked ok only failed yesterday. I tried -
msconfig/startup..untick ehtray - but could not find ehtray to untick. This
is really bugging me as I can't think why it would just stop working. Any
other ideas.

Your help is much appreciated.

Saxon
 
Only XP MCE (Media Center Edition) has ehtray. You never stated what
version of XP you had so I included everything that I had on "screen saver
does not work".

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
Hi

I removed the tick from the DVD Launcher and my screensaver is back. Many
thanks for taking the time to reply to my query.

Saxon
 
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