Re: XP Screen Saver Not Working??

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From: Kaylene aka Taurarian (taurarian_at_REMOVE_CAPS_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/16/04


Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:24:16 +1100

Hope this assists:-
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326719
Screen Saver May Not Start in Windows XP

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:10d8e01c3f43f$4230b070$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I recently purchased a Dell 8500 system with Windows
> XP standard addition installed and quickly realized that
> that no screen savers work. I can preview the screen
> savers, but the screen saver won't come on at the
> designated time. Is anyone aware of any known issues
> that would be causing this or any possible fixes? The
> system is configured as indicated below.
>
> Dell 8500
> 80GB hard drive
> 3Ghtz
> 1GB ram
> Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Sound Card
> 40X CDR Drive
> 4x DVD Drive
> Radeon Pro 128mb Video Card
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> MB



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