screensaver not working

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Are you using a wireless mouse? There are known issues with wireless
rodents and screensavers. I went back to using a wired mouse and then all
of the screensavers worked as expected.
 
Hi Jane I was using a wireless mouse before and they worked. I only changed
to a Microsoft wireless desktop 6000 and the problem started. Tried to switch
back to other wireless mouse but can't. I guess I'll have to wait until end
of month. Thanks.
John
 
I guess you better plan to keep waiting. This has been an issue throughout
the beta & RC process and has still yet to be fixed.

Furthermore, they actually acknowledge this as a known issue when they
released the beta version of the intellipoint software for vista. When the
'final' version of intellipoint came out, the problem was still not fixed.
Now they make no mention of this glaring issue anywhere.

I walked into Costco this past weekend and saw rows of the 6000-series
Microsoft wireless mice. They actually had the nerve to plaster on the box,
"Optimized for Windows Vista"! Can you believe that?! The radio-transmitted
mice have a problem preventing the screensaver from ever coming on (and thus
the screens from ever gonig to sleep and the computer from ever going to
sleep) and they actually have the nerve to put "Optimized for Wnidows Vista"
on the box.

What's even more sad & insulting is that the same MICROSOFT mouse works
flawlessly in the APPLE OSX operating system.

Why can't Microsoft make their own hardware work on their own OS is beyond me.
 
Hi Jeff
I switched back to Logitech. At least the desktop works. They released
software for vista but it won't install.
 
Well, I guess that would explain why I never see the screensaver. Might
also be why when I put my computer to sleep, it goes to sleep and shuts down
then immediatly starts back up again.

Quite annoying really.
 
Jeff Billimek said:
I guess you better plan to keep waiting. This has been an issue throughout
the beta & RC process and has still yet to be fixed.

Furthermore, they actually acknowledge this as a known issue when they
released the beta version of the intellipoint software for vista. When the
'final' version of intellipoint came out, the problem was still not fixed.
Now they make no mention of this glaring issue anywhere.

I walked into Costco this past weekend and saw rows of the 6000-series
Microsoft wireless mice. They actually had the nerve to plaster on the box,
"Optimized for Windows Vista"! Can you believe that?! The radio-transmitted
mice have a problem preventing the screensaver from ever coming on (and thus
the screens from ever gonig to sleep and the computer from ever going to
sleep) and they actually have the nerve to put "Optimized for Wnidows Vista"
on the box.

What's even more sad & insulting is that the same MICROSOFT mouse works
flawlessly in the APPLE OSX operating system.

Why can't Microsoft make their own hardware work on their own OS is beyond me.
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thanks for this info Jeff banging my head on wall for two days getting rid of
6000 series !!which is load of rubbish.
 
Jeff Billimek said:
I guess you better plan to keep waiting. This has been an issue throughout
the beta & RC process and has still yet to be fixed.

Furthermore, they actually acknowledge this as a known issue when they
released the beta version of the intellipoint software for vista. When the
'final' version of intellipoint came out, the problem was still not fixed.
Now they make no mention of this glaring issue anywhere.

I walked into Costco this past weekend and saw rows of the 6000-series
Microsoft wireless mice. They actually had the nerve to plaster on the box,
"Optimized for Windows Vista"! Can you believe that?! The radio-transmitted
mice have a problem preventing the screensaver from ever coming on (and thus
the screens from ever gonig to sleep and the computer from ever going to
sleep) and they actually have the nerve to put "Optimized for Wnidows Vista"
on the box.

What's even more sad & insulting is that the same MICROSOFT mouse works
flawlessly in the APPLE OSX operating system.

Why can't Microsoft make their own hardware work on their own OS is beyond me.
Click to expand...
 
Could some one PLEASE help me to get my Screen Savers back?
I keep getting a message--Photo's Screen Savers has stopped working. A
problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the
program and notify you if a solution is available.
 
Problem was the screensaver wouldn't auto start. Also It wouldn't stay asleep
either.

I have a PS/2 connected mouse and keyboard so it wasn't the HID non-user
input filter that was needed.

What was happening was the network adapter kept waking up the computer and
resetting the screensaver timer.

To Fix:

1. Click "Start/Control Panel/System/Device Manager

2. Under "Network Adapters" is your particular "Ethernet NIC"

Right-click and choose "Properties"

3. Click "Power Management" tab

4. Un-Check "Allow this device to wake computer"

5. Click "OK"

Fixed.

Enjoy.....
 
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