Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

[Guest Prisoner at War]

Unfortunately, I've had a handful of occasions now where I've had to

reinstall WinXP due to hard drive failure.

 

Each time, and *inevitably* so, WinXP will sooner or later decide to

"give" me a screensaver even though I always specify that I want no

screensaver.

 

I don't know how it happens, I don't know what triggers it, all I know

is that eventually one day my screen is suddenly displaying the MS

WinXP logo screensaver without my asking for it.

 

What's going on, please??

 

I'm running WinXP SP2 on an old Pentium M laptop with 1GB of system

RAM...moreover, I use my neighbors' unsecured WiFi for internet access

but I have the OS' firewall turned on....

[Guest PD43]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

Prisoner at War <prisoner_at_war@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Unfortunately, I've had a handful of occasions now where I've had to

>reinstall WinXP due to hard drive failure.

>

>Each time, and *inevitably* so, WinXP will sooner or later decide to

>"give" me a screensaver even though I always specify that I want no

>screensaver.

>

>I don't know how it happens, I don't know what triggers it, all I know

>is that eventually one day my screen is suddenly displaying the MS

>WinXP logo screensaver without my asking for it.

>

>What's going on, please??

 

I think you should ask this in

 

microsoft.public.twilightzone.general

[Guest Unknown]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

Hard drive failures?? How many have you replaced?

"Prisoner at War" <prisoner_at_war@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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>

> Unfortunately, I've had a handful of occasions now where I've had to

> reinstall WinXP due to hard drive failure.

>

> Each time, and *inevitably* so, WinXP will sooner or later decide to

> "give" me a screensaver even though I always specify that I want no

> screensaver.

>

> I don't know how it happens, I don't know what triggers it, all I know

> is that eventually one day my screen is suddenly displaying the MS

> WinXP logo screensaver without my asking for it.

>

> What's going on, please??

>

> I'm running WinXP SP2 on an old Pentium M laptop with 1GB of system

> RAM...moreover, I use my neighbors' unsecured WiFi for internet access

> but I have the OS' firewall turned on....

[Guest Victek]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

> Unfortunately, I've had a handful of occasions now where I've had to

> reinstall WinXP due to hard drive failure.

>

> Each time, and *inevitably* so, WinXP will sooner or later decide to

> "give" me a screensaver even though I always specify that I want no

> screensaver.

>

> I don't know how it happens, I don't know what triggers it, all I know

> is that eventually one day my screen is suddenly displaying the MS

> WinXP logo screensaver without my asking for it.

>

> What's going on, please??

>

> I'm running WinXP SP2 on an old Pentium M laptop with 1GB of system

> RAM...moreover, I use my neighbors' unsecured WiFi for internet access

> but I have the OS' firewall turned on....

 

Obviously it's coming through the neighbor's WiFi...just kidding! This is

just a shot in the dark, but have a look at the screensaver settings in the

hidden admin account by booting in SAFE Mode. I've seen weird behavior

where Windows seems to pull the power options settings from this admin

account instead of the currently logged in user. This is completely

anecdotal of course, but check it out. If the windows logo screensaver is

ON in that account turn it OFF and see if it makes a difference.

[Guest Alan]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

WTF do you waste your and everyone elses time with a reply like that?

Does it help him? No. Does it help you? No. Does it have a grain of sense?

No.

Freaking Idiot.

 

"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> Prisoner at War <prisoner_at_war@yahoo.com> wrote:

>

>>Unfortunately, I've had a handful of occasions now where I've had to

>>reinstall WinXP due to hard drive failure.

>>

>>Each time, and *inevitably* so, WinXP will sooner or later decide to

>>"give" me a screensaver even though I always specify that I want no

>>screensaver.

>>

>>I don't know how it happens, I don't know what triggers it, all I know

>>is that eventually one day my screen is suddenly displaying the MS

>>WinXP logo screensaver without my asking for it.

>>

>>What's going on, please??

>

> I think you should ask this in

>

> microsoft.public.twilightzone.general

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

LOL. I can answer that, Alan. He just can't help himself.

 

Alan wrote:

> WTF do you waste your and everyone elses time with a reply like that?

> Does it help him? No. Does it help you? No. Does it have a grain of sense?

> No.

> Freaking Idiot.

>

> "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:hk812450uc7iimm71m58ds9llipn35a4vk@4ax.com...

>> Prisoner at War <prisoner_at_war@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>

>>> Unfortunately, I've had a handful of occasions now where I've had to

>>> reinstall WinXP due to hard drive failure.

>>>

>>> Each time, and *inevitably* so, WinXP will sooner or later decide to

>>> "give" me a screensaver even though I always specify that I want no

>>> screensaver.

>>>

>>> I don't know how it happens, I don't know what triggers it, all I know

>>> is that eventually one day my screen is suddenly displaying the MS

>>> WinXP logo screensaver without my asking for it.

>>>

>>> What's going on, please??

>>

>> I think you should ask this in

>>

>> microsoft.public.twilightzone.general

[Guest Prisoner at War]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

On May 6, 3:12 pm, "Victek" <Vic...@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>

>

> Obviously it's coming through the neighbor's WiFi...just kidding!

 

That's why I thought to mention it! I'm starting to think it could be

anything! Really, one day, I suddenly find the MS WinXP logo for a

screensaver, even though I always disable screensavers...I can't

imagine why this should happen (but then again, lots of weird things

happen, like the date/time "info tag" suddenly being obscured by the

taskbar, for example)....

> This is

> just a shot in the dark, but have a look at the screensaver settings in the

> hidden admin account by booting in SAFE Mode. I've seen weird behavior

> where Windows seems to pull the power options settings from this admin

> account instead of the currently logged in user. This is completely

> anecdotal of course, but check it out. If the windows logo screensaver is

> ON in that account turn it OFF and see if it makes a difference.

 

Hmmm, I'd no idea about any "hidden" accounts...I'll check it out and

report back! You mention power options settings, and that's actually

another weird thing that happens once in a while (though not, as far

as I can remember, coinciding with this screensaver stuff) --

sometimes even though my laptop is plugged in, the computer goes into

power-saving mode and reduces the lumens of the screen as if it's on

battery power!

[Guest Prisoner at War]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

On May 6, 3:08 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote:

> Hard drive failures?? How many have you replaced?

 

Can you believe that I'm on my third one?? The same laptop, and I've

had to replace the hard drive twice. The first time I don't think was

my fault at all. The second time, it may have been my fault b/c I'd

developed a bad habit of hitting the laptop when the touchpad goes

screwy (the hard drive just keeps spinning, I don't know why, doing

system maintenance tasks in the background I suppose, and the fan's

whirling and my mouse pointer is "off" ["tracking" is off, sometimes

way off] and I get mad and hit the thing a few times, which

occasionally works, Fonze-like, to get it working properly again)....

[Guest Unknown]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

Hitting or jarring any disk is a no no. You can cause the heads to crash by

jarring the HD.

"Prisoner at War" <prisoner_at_war@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> On May 6, 3:08 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote:

>> Hard drive failures?? How many have you replaced?

>

> Can you believe that I'm on my third one?? The same laptop, and I've

> had to replace the hard drive twice. The first time I don't think was

> my fault at all. The second time, it may have been my fault b/c I'd

> developed a bad habit of hitting the laptop when the touchpad goes

> screwy (the hard drive just keeps spinning, I don't know why, doing

> system maintenance tasks in the background I suppose, and the fan's

> whirling and my mouse pointer is "off" ["tracking" is off, sometimes

> way off] and I get mad and hit the thing a few times, which

> occasionally works, Fonze-like, to get it working properly again)....

[Guest Prisoner at War]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

On May 7, 3:18 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote:

> Hitting or jarring any disk is a no no. You can cause the heads to crash by

> jarring the HD.

 

Well, I wasn't hitting it directly -- the issue was the touchpad

getting screwy, and you know, sometimes you just get frustrated, and

it actually does seem to help once in a while...I don't know why the

touchpad goes screwy -- it's not like I have wet fingers or just

walked over carpet on a cold day or something -- and, frankly, I

almost hate computers now 'cause of all the crazy stuff that happens,

like with WinXP just deciding to give me a screensaver every so often

even though I always specify no screensaver! Weird....

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

is this a managed PC?

 

Prisoner at War wrote:

> On May 7, 3:18 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote:

>

>>Hitting or jarring any disk is a no no. You can cause the heads to crash by

>>jarring the HD.

>

>

> Well, I wasn't hitting it directly -- the issue was the touchpad

> getting screwy, and you know, sometimes you just get frustrated, and

> it actually does seem to help once in a while...I don't know why the

> touchpad goes screwy -- it's not like I have wet fingers or just

> walked over carpet on a cold day or something -- and, frankly, I

> almost hate computers now 'cause of all the crazy stuff that happens,

> like with WinXP just deciding to give me a screensaver every so often

> even though I always specify no screensaver! Weird....

[Guest Prisoner at War]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

On May 7, 4:15 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> is this a managed PC?

 

 

LOL, I don't even know what that is! =D

 

It's my own laptop, nothing to do with any networks or whatnot

(though, like I said, I piggyback on my neigbhors' WiFi)....

 

Do managed laptops develop issues with their touchpads??

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

 

 

Prisoner at War wrote:

> On May 7, 4:15 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>

>>is this a managed PC?

>

>

>

> LOL, I don't even know what that is! =D

>

> It's my own laptop, nothing to do with any networks or whatnot

> (though, like I said, I piggyback on my neigbhors' WiFi)....

>

> Do managed laptops develop issues with their touchpads??

 

No, but managed PC's (corporation PC and attaches to a domain) can have

their configurations dictated remotely.

[Guest Prisoner at War]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

On May 8, 12:17 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>

>

> No, but managed PC's (corporation PC and attaches to a domain) can have

> their configurations dictated remotely.

 

Ah, interesting...well, I have the WinXP firewall on, so hopefully

it's not like my laptop's just another zombie in a spam botnet!!

 

Can computers ever stop being so weird?? Seriously, this Artificial

Intelligence thing is getting out of hand here! They're supposed to

be logical, yet they exhibit very many weird behavior patterns...yeah

I know programmers program them but golly, you'd figure that they

would've figured out how to make a touchpad that doesn't go screwy

every so often, or an OS that doesn't reinstate a default screensaver

a few times each year! =\

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

 

 

Prisoner at War wrote:

> On May 8, 12:17 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>

>>

>>No, but managed PC's (corporation PC and attaches to a domain) can have

>>their configurations dictated remotely.

>

>

> Ah, interesting...well, I have the WinXP firewall on, so hopefully

> it's not like my laptop's just another zombie in a spam botnet!!

>

> Can computers ever stop being so weird?? Seriously, this Artificial

> Intelligence thing is getting out of hand here! They're supposed to

> be logical, yet they exhibit very many weird behavior patterns...yeah

> I know programmers program them but golly, you'd figure that they

> would've figured out how to make a touchpad that doesn't go screwy

> every so often, or an OS that doesn't reinstate a default screensaver

> a few times each year! =\

 

I suspect that it's actually the operating environment that is causing

your issues, and not the operating system.

[Guest Prisoner at War]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

On May 9, 11:22 am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>

>

> I suspect that it's actually the operating environment that is causing

> your issues, and not the operating system.

 

 

IT JUST DID IT AGAIN!!!!

 

WTF?!?!?!?!

 

I'd already set it back to "none" on 5 or 6 May, and today, just now,

it's flashing that damned WinXP logo again!!!!

 

What about my "operating environment" could be causing this???

 

It's not dusty here; I don't live next to a power plant -- and there's

no such thing as UFOs....

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

Do a system restore to yesterday.

 

Prisoner at War wrote:

> On May 9, 11:22 am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>

>>

>>I suspect that it's actually the operating environment that is causing

>>your issues, and not the operating system.

>

>

>

> IT JUST DID IT AGAIN!!!!

>

> WTF?!?!?!?!

>

> I'd already set it back to "none" on 5 or 6 May, and today, just now,

> it's flashing that damned WinXP logo again!!!!

>

> What about my "operating environment" could be causing this???

>

> It's not dusty here; I don't live next to a power plant -- and there's

> no such thing as UFOs....

[Guest Prisoner at War]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

On May 12, 10:36 am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Do a system restore to yesterday.

 

But this has been a problem forever...remember, it's always happening,

despite my having had occasion to change hard drives three or four

times now....

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Why Does WinXP Keep Installing A Screensaver????

 

Since it doesn't happen to anyone else that uses Windows XP, I'd suggest

you determine who is playing with your PC.

 

Prisoner at War wrote:

> On May 12, 10:36 am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>

>>Do a system restore to yesterday.

>

>

> But this has been a problem forever...remember, it's always happening,

> despite my having had occasion to change hard drives three or four

> times now....

>

>

>