Re: screen saver

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Sanford Aranoff wrote:

> Thanks, but this does not help me.
>
> Is there a way to manually turn on screen saver?

Rick's answer *does* help. Manually "turning on" the screensaver will
not solve the issue. You need to do clean-boot troubleshooting to
determine what is running in the background that is preventing the
screensaver from activating. Wireless keyboards/mice are also known to
do this.

Clean Boot - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=310353
and How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

Malke
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