screensaver will not work

hi

i have my screensaver setting set to 1min but after 1 min the screen saver
does not show up. i am using a thinkpad t61p laptop with vista ultimate. my
power settings are set to energy star:

======
on battery
======

turn off display = 5 mins
put computer to sleep = 10 mins

======
plugged in
======

turn off display = 30 mins
put computer to sleep = 2 hrs

my comptuer is plugged in. i played around with the 'turn off display'
setting and set it to 1 min. it only dims the display but there is no screen
saver (password protected). any suggestions??

thanks!

Here's some ideas:

The screen saver may not activate or will exit intermittently for several
reasons:
-Power management is enabled and configured to activate before the screen
saver.
-If the computer has a tuner card, the television tuner may be active.
-An anti-virus utility is currently running an active scan.
-Third-party wireless keyboards and mice may affect screen saver performance.
-A background application is preventing the screen saver from activating.
-Ensure all available video driver and software updates have been downloaded
and installed..
-Ensure all available operating system patches and updates have been
downloaded and installed..


Two things you can try:
1) Change screen saver slide show to Classic.

Or
2) If SP1 was installed check computer manufacturer for any drivers or BIOS
updates that may clear up SP1 Related issues. Example: Sony Vaio offered
updates to its Mobile Intel 945 Express chipset graphics driver.

Hope this helps.

Cheers...


--
oscar

....Right click is your best friend...


"win431" wrote:

> hi
>
> i have my screensaver setting set to 1min but after 1 min the screen saver
> does not show up. i am using a thinkpad t61p laptop with vista ultimate. my
> power settings are set to energy star:
>
> ======
> on battery
> ======
>
> turn off display = 5 mins
> put computer to sleep = 10 mins
>
> ======
> plugged in
> ======
>
> turn off display = 30 mins
> put computer to sleep = 2 hrs
>
> my comptuer is plugged in. i played around with the 'turn off display'
> setting and set it to 1 min. it only dims the display but there is no screen
> saver (password protected). any suggestions??
>
> thanks!

the funny thing is that i don't recall doing anything...but now it works.
here is what i did. i had the ribbons screen saver. i changed it to mystify
and waited for 1 min and viola...the screen saver works. now i put back on
ribbons and it works. wtf...at least it works so i am happy. thanks for
your reply oscar. really appreciate it!

"oscar" wrote:

> Here's some ideas:
>
> The screen saver may not activate or will exit intermittently for several
> reasons:
> -Power management is enabled and configured to activate before the screen
> saver.
> -If the computer has a tuner card, the television tuner may be active.
> -An anti-virus utility is currently running an active scan.
> -Third-party wireless keyboards and mice may affect screen saver performance.
> -A background application is preventing the screen saver from activating.
> -Ensure all available video driver and software updates have been downloaded
> and installed..
> -Ensure all available operating system patches and updates have been
> downloaded and installed..
>
>
> Two things you can try:
> 1) Change screen saver slide show to Classic.
>
> Or
> 2) If SP1 was installed check computer manufacturer for any drivers or BIOS
> updates that may clear up SP1 Related issues. Example: Sony Vaio offered
> updates to its Mobile Intel 945 Express chipset graphics driver.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers...
>
>
> --
> oscar
>
> ...Right click is your best friend...
>
>
> "win431" wrote:
>
> > hi
> >
> > i have my screensaver setting set to 1min but after 1 min the screen saver
> > does not show up. i am using a thinkpad t61p laptop with vista ultimate. my
> > power settings are set to energy star:
> >
> > ======
> > on battery
> > ======
> >
> > turn off display = 5 mins
> > put computer to sleep = 10 mins
> >
> > ======
> > plugged in
> > ======
> >
> > turn off display = 30 mins
> > put computer to sleep = 2 hrs
> >
> > my comptuer is plugged in. i played around with the 'turn off display'
> > setting and set it to 1 min. it only dims the display but there is no screen
> > saver (password protected). any suggestions??
> >
> > thanks!

Glad its working.

(I had troubles with a few months ago until I updated my BIOS (SP1 issues.)
Now it works exactly as advertised.)

--
oscar

....Right click is your very good friend...


"win431" wrote:

> the funny thing is that i don't recall doing anything...but now it works.
> here is what i did. i had the ribbons screen saver. i changed it to mystify
> and waited for 1 min and viola...the screen saver works. now i put back on
> ribbons and it works. wtf...at least it works so i am happy. thanks for
> your reply oscar. really appreciate it!
>
> "oscar" wrote:
>
> > Here's some ideas:
> >
> > The screen saver may not activate or will exit intermittently for several
> > reasons:
> > -Power management is enabled and configured to activate before the screen
> > saver.
> > -If the computer has a tuner card, the television tuner may be active.
> > -An anti-virus utility is currently running an active scan.
> > -Third-party wireless keyboards and mice may affect screen saver performance.
> > -A background application is preventing the screen saver from activating.
> > -Ensure all available video driver and software updates have been downloaded
> > and installed..
> > -Ensure all available operating system patches and updates have been
> > downloaded and installed..
> >
> >
> > Two things you can try:
> > 1) Change screen saver slide show to Classic.
> >
> > Or
> > 2) If SP1 was installed check computer manufacturer for any drivers or BIOS
> > updates that may clear up SP1 Related issues. Example: Sony Vaio offered
> > updates to its Mobile Intel 945 Express chipset graphics driver.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Cheers...
> >
> >
> > --
> > oscar
> >
> > ...Right click is your best friend...
> >
> >
> > "win431" wrote:
> >
> > > hi
> > >
> > > i have my screensaver setting set to 1min but after 1 min the screen saver
> > > does not show up. i am using a thinkpad t61p laptop with vista ultimate. my
> > > power settings are set to energy star:
> > >
> > > ======
> > > on battery
> > > ======
> > >
> > > turn off display = 5 mins
> > > put computer to sleep = 10 mins
> > >
> > > ======
> > > plugged in
> > > ======
> > >
> > > turn off display = 30 mins
> > > put computer to sleep = 2 hrs
> > >
> > > my comptuer is plugged in. i played around with the 'turn off display'
> > > setting and set it to 1 min. it only dims the display but there is no screen
> > > saver (password protected). any suggestions??
> > >
> > > thanks!