screensaver never able to get login prompt

[Guest noahwallach]

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

[Guest Olórin]

Re: screensaver never able to get login prompt

 

 

"noahwallach" <noahwallach@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:5BF749EC-E367-4F94-87BE-9E904BBBD8E6@microsoft.com...

> 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.