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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Administration / July 2008Screen Saver
I am new to vista and my screen saver dose not work can anybody help please Hi Bill "Does not work" covers a lot of territory? Can you be a bit more specific and tell us exactly what is happening? Are these the standard screen savers that came with Vista? Which version of Vista did you install? Do you have the Aero features enabled?  SignatureRonnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >I am new to vista and my screen saver dose not work can anybody help please Hi Ronnie I have a new Acer T180 running Vista Home Premimim I don't know if I have Aero enabled as I dont know how to do that. By not working I mean if the computer is left for a length of time up to 3 hours then the screen saver does not cut in and my desk top is displayed Thanks for your help Bill > Hi Bill > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > >I am new to vista and my screen saver dose not work can anybody help please Bill Sorry for the delay. Try this: Open Taskmanager/Processes Tab and look for the ehtray.exe process. If it is there, right click this process and select End Process from the menu. Test the screen saver again. If no joy, take a look at the following articles and try the fixes there. The screen saver does not work when you use a Microsoft wireless pointing device: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911895 The screen saver does not start after you install the Wireless Optical Desktop device: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913405 SignatureRonnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User > Hi Ronnie > I have a new Acer T180 running Vista Home Premimim [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> >I am new to vista and my screen saver dose not work can anybody help >> >please Thank you so much for this information, I have been nearly tearing my hair out to find a solution to what seemed to be such a simple problem. Have done as suggested and will now test my screen saver, which has never activated since I purchased my new PC with Vista Home Premium pre-installed last month. Cheers Diane > Bill > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > >> >I am new to vista and my screen saver dose not work can anybody help > >> >please My screen saver won't work and I get a pop-up message"A Monitor Rule was detected for the application system". I'm brand new to Vista and would appreciate any help. I am using a Microsoft wireless mouse. Thanks SignatureEd > Thank you so much for this information, I have been nearly tearing my hair > out to find a solution to what seemed to be such a simple problem. Have done [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > >> >I am new to vista and my screen saver dose not work can anybody help > > >> >please Ed This is a configuration error message usually initiated by Norton Internet Security. I don't have any other information except that it is probably a setting in the Norton Firewall. You need to contact Norton support to resolve this. SignatureRonnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User > My screen saver won't work and I get a pop-up message"A Monitor Rule was > detected for the application system". I'm brand new to Vista and would [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] >> > >> >help >> > >> >please My screensaver is fine, but on my last computer (XP) I was able to use my pics from Kodak Share as the screen saver. I would love to be able to do that again, am on Vista now, any suggestions? Thanks, Patricia > Ed > [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > >> > >> >help > >> > >> >please Patricia Open Control Panel and go to Personalization/Screen Saver. Use the drop down menu to select Photos. Click the Settings Button, click teh Browse Button and select the folder where the pictures are located. You can also select the speed and theme for the display in that dialog box. Click Apply/OK. SignatureRonnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User > My screensaver is fine, but on my last computer (XP) I was able to use my > pics from Kodak Share as the screen saver. I would love to be able to do [quoted text clipped - 72 lines] >> >> > >> >help >> >> > >> >please -- Ronnie, I followed your directions with the Task Manager, and voila my screen saver is working. I don't know much about computers and I was frustrated because my beautiful screen saver of my daughter's wedding worked fine in XP. I also rebooted after I changed things.....Thank you, thank you! Rosy in MA "Life is a gift, enjoy the present" > Bill > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > >> >I am new to vista and my screen saver dose not work can anybody help > >> >please Rosy Very glad this helped. Enjoy the pictures. :) SignatureRonnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience > -- Ronnie, > I followed your directions with the Task Manager, and voila my screen [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] >> >> >I am new to vista and my screen saver dose not work can anybody help >> >> >please Hi Ronnie, I am sad to say that the screen saver only worked for a few minutes and then went black. :o( It not only happens with my photos, but also with the screen savers that came with my computer. I just bought this computer this week with Windows Vista. This is very frustrating. Calling the Computer Geeks at Best Buy is a big joke. They never answer the phone. Seeing that it still doesn't work, should I deselect the End Process from the Task Manager and reverse the procedure that I did hoping to get the screen saver? If I don't, will it have any negative effects on my computer? I don't have a wireless mouse, it's a Logitech, whatever that is. I would appreciate anything else you might suggest to fix this. Thank you, Rosy PS: Does Bill Gates ever answer his phone? :o) Signature"Life is a gift, enjoy the present" > Rosy > [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > >> >> >I am new to vista and my screen saver dose not work can anybody help > >> >> >please Hi Rosy, By default, the monitor is set to turn off after a certain amount of time. You may need to either adjust the timeout, or stop it from turning off altogether. Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Power Options. Select "Change plan settings" for your power plan, then adjust the time before Windows turns off the display. You can adjust the timeout for Sleep there too. > Hi Ronnie, > I am sad to say that the screen saver only worked for a few minutes and [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > PS: Does Bill Gates ever answer his phone? :o) SignatureJane, not plain ;) 64 bit enabled :-) Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-) MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Hi "Not Plain" Jane, I followed your directions and so far so good. It does make sense that it would be the monitor that went off and not the screensaver! We shall see....Thank you. Rosy Signature"Life is a gift, enjoy the present" > Hi Rosy, > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > > > PS: Does Bill Gates ever answer his phone? :o) i looked for ehtray in task mgr...it isn't there...my screen saver will not click on > Rosy > [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > >> >> >I am new to vista and my screen saver dose not work can anybody help > >> >> >please >i looked for ehtray in task mgr...it isn't there...my screen saver will not > click on Kristy Are you sure you had all of the processes displayed in the Task Manager? Stsrt the Task Manager and click the Processes Tab at the top. At the bottom of the screen, click the "Show processes for all users" button. This will display everything that is running. If you do find the ehtray process, right click that process and select End Process from the menu. If you still cannot find that process, take a look at the following support articles for further troubleshooting. The screen saver does not work when you use a Microsoft wireless pointing device: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911895 The screen saver does not start after you install the Wireless Optical Desktop device: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913405 SignatureRonnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience I too am having a problem with the screen saver not working. It was untill I loaded MS One Care and Office home & student now the screen never goes off unless I shut the system down. I checked for ehtray.exe and I have no wireless devices installed Rick Clelland > Bill > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Microsoft MVP > Windows Shell/User There seems to be a lot of this going around. I first started out with Vista Business which was the upgrade from XP Pro. Everything worked fine at first, but then the screen saver stopped working. I've eliminated everything I can think of and there aren't any wireless devices involved when not at the office. I've since reloaded my Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop with Vista Ultimate and the problem still persists. When I use the laptop at work I connect it to an external monitor and wireless "Logitec" mouse and keyboard. When at home or out of the office I'm using the touch pad most of the time, but do occassionally use the microsoft wireless mouse that came with the laptop from Dell. As near as I can tell this problem didn't present itself until I started using the external display at work with the laptop. I was very pleased with the manner in which Vista handles the transition between the office and home, but the undesired side-effect is that the screen saver now doesn't work. I've done LOTS of googling on this subject and the nearest I've come so far is the settings in Windows Mobility Center for Presentation settings which are all unchecked and this feature is currently in a state of "turned off". Still my gut tells me this is where the problem exists to some degree. I just don't know what to do about it. SignatureMark > I too am having a problem with the screen saver not working. It was untill > I loaded MS One Care and Office home & student now the screen never goes off [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Microsoft MVP > > Windows Shell/User > Hi Ronnie > I have a new Acer T180 running Vista Home Premimim [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > > >I am new to vista and my screen saver dose not work can anybody help please mine wont work either. i do not have that file in task mgr > I am new to vista and my screen saver dose not work can anybody help please |
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