Hi there,

My XP screensaver kicks in automatically after 10 minutes. The screensaver
never shows but instead just the background screen appears. I am unable to
return to a login prompt with tapping control-alt-delete.

I have to power the machine off and back on again. What can I do to get the
screen saver to work well again?

Cheers,

Noah

"noahwallach" <noahwallach@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> My XP screensaver kicks in automatically after 10 minutes. The
> screensaver
> never shows but instead just the background screen appears. I am unable
> to
> return to a login prompt with tapping control-alt-delete.
>
> I have to power the machine off and back on again. What can I do to get
> the
> screen saver to work well again?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Noah
>

Does your screensaver kick in, or not? You say it does but then that it
"never shows"... If it's a screensaver that's almost too powerful for your
PC (or just a badly-written one) it might take a while (up to 30 seconds?)
for you to get back to your screen once you've moved your mouse / hit a key.
(Check the scr's settings, that it can be stopped with a key hit / mouse
wiggle).

Try changing to a different screensaver in Control Panel > Display > Screen
Saver tab, see if the same happens.

Also check your power settings, from the same place.