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I have a problem getting my screensavers to work. I have configured them to
come on after 5 mins of inactivity, but nothing happens. I know they are on
my computer but they just seem to refuse to work.
I have tried with my firewall, virus scans etc turned off but still nothing.
they work fine when i preview them.
Are any checks available (free) that may tell me the problem and also is
there anything that I can DL that may restore any corrupt files if that is
the problem?
 
After you set/select your screensaver make sure you press Apply first
before clicking OK to set and SAVE settings.
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Byte said:
After you set/select your screensaver make sure you press Apply first
before clicking OK to set and SAVE settings.
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I do that, but still not working. I have also tried different time scales
upto 15 mins and still nothing. It is not just those that came with windows
that are not working for me it is also those i have downloaded.
 
Almost everytime that happened to me , the screen saver program itself
was corrupt. did you try installing it again????

If i remember right, scandisk, found a problem in that directory. ( I
stopped using my screensaver, when ever the system freeze's in the
screensaver, the file always seem's to be the problem)

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OS9USER said:
Almost everytime that happened to me , the screen saver program itself
was corrupt. did you try installing it again????

If i remember right, scandisk, found a problem in that directory. ( I
stopped using my screensaver, when ever the system freeze's in the
screensaver, the file always seem's to be the problem)

0S9USER
www.os9user.blogspot.com
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Just ran the MS disc check and everything showed up as fine. No corruptions
or problems picked up. I still cant get the screen savers to work though.
I have not re-installed windows as not too sure how to. I got the comp from
Dell and there was no windows disc with it.
 
Screen Saver Troubleshooting

Screen Saver Won't Start - Check your settings here: Go to Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop or: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control
Panel\Desktop
ScreenSaveTimeOut = (set your preference)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop

ScreenSaverIsSecure
0 - Screen savers are not password-protected.
1 - All screen savers are password-protected.

Verify that the ScreenSaver has been placed in the C:\WINDOWS\System32
Folder. Make sure that the screensaver starts with " ss " e.g.. if the
screensaver name is " pictures " rename it to " sspictures".

Screensaver gets set to None

Check your settings here: Go to Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. Scrnsave.exe =
C:\Windows\System32\logon.scr

Verify your Time while there as well and choose accordingly:
ScreenSaveTimeOut = (set your preference)

Also make sure none of the screensavers are wrapped in double quotes as in:
""c:\windows\system32\screensavername.scr""
And try adding: ss in front of the screensaver name.

Screen Saver Disable and Screen Saver Enable (Line 51)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm


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