Screen Saver and power-downs(of monitors and hard drives)quit work

[Guest Chambersburg_PA]

Greetings,

Hope this message finds each of you well.

 

Am using Win XP Pro. SP2

 

After installing several programs I've found that the screen-saver, and

power-downs/shut-offs no longer work, and I'm having a difficult time traking

down the cause.

 

It seems certain that there is something running in the background, but what?

I've installed the following:

Cyberlink Power2Go, but it isn't actively running (nothing in the tray)

Mustek USB 1200UB Plus which isn't actively running either

Microsoft Works Suite 2006

QuickTime not actively running in the background

Chess Master 9000 not running

Rouge Spear

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi (Music)

..NET 2.0

 

On the surface it doesn't seem like such a big deal, but am left wondring if

this problem could lead to other bigger problems or perhaps be indicateive of

some larger-but-unknown(or undetected) problem

 

Hope you can help.

 

Thanks,