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Are there any new solutions to having the screensaver work with a wireless
mouse?
mouse?
wanting perfection said:Are there any new solutions to having the screensaver work with a wireless mouse?
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wanting perfection said:My screensaver does not work on a new computer. I read in past history
threads that someone thought it was due to that combo w/the wireless. Im not
sure thats why but cant find another reason or solution.
wanting said:Are there any new solutions to having the screensaver work with a
wireless mouse?
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
wanting perfection said:not work = it is activated but it does not ever start. There is no error
message, there is no corruption because it never starts. The preview works
just fine but once on its own, it doesn't begin.
It worked i.e. started when I set up the computer hooked w/ a wired mouse.
Once I moved and attached the wireless, it hasn't started.
Shenan Stanley said:Wow - that's just messed up.
Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User said:Alec S. said:Shenan Stanley said:wanting perfection wrote:
Are there any new solutions to having the screensaver work with a
wireless mouse?
TaurArian [MS-MVP] wrote:
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
Wow - that's just messed up.
What's messed up about it? It makes perfect sense. You don't want a
screensaver kicking in while you're watching a movie do you?
The media software mentioned disables the screensaver so that your movie
isn't interrupted while playing. Pretty much ALL media
players do this now. This particular one just happens to be less
user-friendly with it's screensaver-disabling function than most,
that's all.
Only on a Dell..
Then you are not using the MS 6000 mouse.Alec said:I'm not sure what you're asking. I've got no problems with that combination; what's wrong with having a screensaver and a wireless
mouse? What exactly is the problem you're experiencing?
that is correct. there is some information in MS's Knowledge base but,wanting said:My screensaver does not work on a new computer. I read in past history
threads that someone thought it was due to that combo w/the wireless. Im not
sure thats why but cant find another reason or solution.
The screensaver is prevented from loading automatically. You can createAlec said:Yes, I got that, but what do you mean by "does not work"? What about it doesn't work? How doesn't it work? Is there an error
message? Does it keep quitting and going back to the desktop? Does it never start? Does it show corrupted graphics? What?
Well it must make sense to MS because they wrote about it.Alec said:That doesn't make sense. How do you know it is activated if it doesn't start? What exactly happens that makes you think it
activated but didn't start? Is it just one screen saver, multiple, or all? What about the built-in ones? The star-field? The
blank-screen? Did you check your power options? Does it still work if you use your corded mouse?
Rick said:Well it must make sense to MS because they wrote about it.
Not..re-read the KnowledgeBase articleAlec said:No, they wrote about it not running at all. wanting perfection is saying that the screensaver is "activating" (whatever they mean
by that), but not starting. They should be the same thing.
Rick said:Not..re-read the KnowledgeBase article