Vista wont listen

How come i cant get the screensaver to come on? I set it for 5 minutes and
it never comes on. I tried resetting the time, different power profiles,
turning off system restore, turning off windows update, wake on lan. Did i
leave out anything? Thanks in advance!

Hi Skyman,

If you have a wireless mouse or keyboard, then these links may help
you.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/85...een-saver.html

and

'The screen saver does not work when you use a Microsoft wireless
pointing device on a Windows Vista-based computer'
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911895)

Hope this helps,
Shawn

skyman;789192 Wrote:
> How come i cant get the screensaver to come on? I set it for 5 minutes
> and
> it never comes on. I tried resetting the time, different power
> profiles,
> turning off system restore, turning off windows update, wake on lan.
> Did i
> leave out anything? Thanks in advance!


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Brink

*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
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I tried it all, couldn't find any of the programs they listed that might
cause a conflict. I will try to reinstall vista if i cant fix it cause it
would be faster. Some things never change with microsoft!!!

Yes, then check after each and every install of every app and every Update
(Windows or otherwise), until you find the incompatible app or driver that
has caused the problem.

Or you can take the time to formally t-shoot the problem. I didn't see you
mention MSCONFIG, aka System Configuration Utility. Are you familiar with it
and its uses in trouble-shooting?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"skyman" <kwj2112-> wrote in message
news:3E47E38F-1D3A-4D2C-A813-...
>I tried it all, couldn't find any of the programs they listed that might
>cause a conflict. I will try to reinstall vista if i cant fix it cause it
>would be faster. Some things never change with microsoft!!!

I'm working with msconfig now but there are so many choices its unreal!!