Screen saver not starting?

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I have configured the screen saver on my Windows XP Pro to start after 10
minutes. The machine is a member of a domain, but I don't think there is a
screen saver policy in effect. The problem is that recently the screen saver
does not start no matter how long my machine has been idle. It used to work
before.

I have looked at some KB articles, but haven't found any that resolves my
problem.

Any ideas on how to fix / troubleshoot this?

Olav

 

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"Olav Tollefsen" <x@y.com> wrote:

>I have configured the screen saver on my Windows XP Pro to start after 10
>minutes. The machine is a member of a domain, but I don't think there is a
>screen saver policy in effect. The problem is that recently the screen saver
>does not start no matter how long my machine has been idle. It used to work
>before.

Some application running in the background may prevent Windows from
seeing this machine as idle. Check, if these texts can help you find
out, whar software this is:
"How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560)
"How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310353)

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I would really hope that a could have a screen saver kick-in even if the
machine is NOT idle. I would like the screen saver to kick in when there
isn't a USER interacting with the machine (console) for X minutes.
Background programs should be able to run without affecting the screen
saver.

Olav

"Thorsten Matzner" <tmatzner@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:uYwtbCD9EHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> "Olav Tollefsen" <x@y.com> wrote:
>
>>I have configured the screen saver on my Windows XP Pro to start after 10
>>minutes. The machine is a member of a domain, but I don't think there is a
>>screen saver policy in effect. The problem is that recently the screen
>>saver
>>does not start no matter how long my machine has been idle. It used to
>>work
>>before.
>
> Some application running in the background may prevent Windows from
> seeing this machine as idle. Check, if these texts can help you find
> out, whar software this is:
> "How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP"
> (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560)
> "How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP"
> (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310353)
>
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"Olav Tollefsen" <x@y.com> wrote:

>I would really hope that a could have a screen saver kick-in even if the
>machine is NOT idle. I would like the screen saver to kick in when there
>isn't a USER interacting with the machine (console) for X minutes.
>Background programs should be able to run without affecting the screen
>saver.

Depends. If the software makes Windows think that a user is
interacting, the screen saver will not start...

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