RE: Screen saver will not activate automatically

I downloaded MS Visual Web Developer. Following that my screensaver stopped
engaging. I have no idea what to do. Any suggestions anyone?
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lone star


"Jim Ormsbee" wrote:

I found a workaround to my problem. I don't consider it a full solution.
Hopefully this will help others. I'll give the workaround and then explain
how I reached it. It is simply to disable, not uninstall, an unneeded
HID-compliant mouse device and possibly an unneeded HID-compliant keyboard.

This is accomplished by right-clicking 'My Computer', selecting the
'Hardware' tab, pressing the 'Device Manager' button, and then expanding the
'Mice and other pointing devices'. Now if you have more than one device
listed and one is an HID-compliant mouse, then it is likely unneeded. Double
click it and under 'Device usage' select 'Do not use this device (disable)'.
Do the same thing for 'Keyboards' if necessary.

Now to explain how I reached this solution. After searching and trying
everything in the community newsgroups I could find with no success, I then
realized the uniqueness of my situation and solved the problem easily.

I often take my MacBook to the office and set it down on my desk next to my
desktop system. For some unknown to me at the time reason, I kept getting a
couple of "found new device" messages each time I started my MacBook in
Windows. I ignored and bypassed these messages for several weeks. However, I
finally got tired of the messages and decided to see what would happen if I
responded to them. I should mention that these were an HID keyboard and an
HID mouse that were found. I later realized that my laptop had seen the non
Microsoft, made-in-China, keyboard and mouse that were part of my desktop
system.

My mistake!! After installing the new HID's found, I developed the above
mentioned screen saver problem plus a couple of other annoying problems. As I
previously mentioned I tried everything. It finally dawned on me that I
should just uninstall the HID's that had been installed. I tried to do this
through the device manager, but I couldn't quite figure out how to do this as
I seemed to have under Human Interface Devices several HID's that were
needed. I didn't initially think to just uninstall these devices under the
Keyboard and Mice devices.

When I finally realized what to do, I uninstalled the HID's under Keyboards
and Mice. This worked great until I rebooted, then everything was
reinstalled. I then tried disabling instead of uninstalling the HID-compliant
mouse device. This worked. Now my MacBook Pro Touchpad is disabled. Both my
wireless mouse, the touchpad, and my screen saver were working before my
little mishap.

Does anyone have any additional advice or a more permanent solution? Thank
you.


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Jim Ormsbee


"Jim Ormsbee" wrote:

My problem is similar to many of those I've read about, but none of the
solutions mentioned work. I have a 17" MacBook Pro with 2 GB of memory,
which is running Windows XP Home under a separate partion. It is not
emulating Windows. Mac OS is running in separatly. I have to reboot to
change OS's. I purchased this last Oct, and it has been an excellent
computer performing almost flawlessly.

However, the first thing I did was install a Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse
6000 and a Wireless Comfort Keyboard. Two things I hated about the computer.
Everything worked fine until a couple of weeks ago. I had some sort of
gltch that removed a number of my desktop & start menu icons. In many cases,
the only way to recover these icons was to reinstall the software. This I
did with Office XP and AutoCAD Civil 3D with no problems. When I tried to do
this with IPoint & IType, I was forced to uninstall first and then reinstall.
Uninstall did not run automatically, and I had to do much of this manually.
I also used Windows Install Clean Up in the process with only limited success.

I downloaded the latest IPoint & IType software and was finally able to
install them without further incident. It was then that my screen saver quit
working automatically. It does work manually in the preview. The power off
monitor never activates. I tried absolutely everything I could find in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base, in all Community Groups, and in numerous web
searches to solve the problem with no success. I should mention that with
Apple Keyboard Support enabled or disabled, there seems to be no difference.
I have updated and disabled the HID Non-User Input Data Filter, which is
listed twice in my device manager, with no effect. I am not running a DVD
launcher of any sorts. Roxio Easy Media Creator Basic DVD Home is installed,
but nothing associated with it is loading at startup.

I'm at a loss. Nothing seems to help. Any suggestions?
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Jim Ormsbee
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