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Since upgrading (?) from Windows 8 to 8.1 the usual screensaver does not come on at all. I have tried everything I can think of and what suggestions I can get from whatever source to solve this problem, but have failed. Does anyone know of a conflict that could be causing this problem. Prior to the upgrade the screensaver was coming on as scheduled and I was able to change the view to whatever I wanted to. Now there is no setting or combination of adjustments that work. I would like to start a thread on this problem to see if anyone else has had this problem and was it solvable or is there any hope. Yes, I have Googled the problem already and tried the suggestions there, but I am willing to try anything that anyone can think of.
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Having read all the posts on this I think I will give upon this!
I have a brand new computer with 8.1pre-installed and, other than Microsoft Office, have very little third party application installed - printers etc and my screensaver won't work and never has!
Another triumph for Microsoft!
Its no problem, mate. I am not sure how effective it is as it only appeared that I had a single process listed from the first command.
I do understand that it is the nature of forums to where one solution will work for some but not all and I seem to be one of the lucky ones.
If it fails again, I will look into it some more now that I know kind of where to look. After being on Linux for so long (and working for support for the biggest enterprise Linux distribution), I'm a little rusty with my Windows-fu.
Cheers!
Majorlinus: Thank you for your reply and no apology is necessary. After reading the links you provided which contains the information I had not had access to for some reason, I can fill in the blanks on what you were talking about. I think we all need the big picture and all the comments before we jump to conclusions. I have been on this thread since the beginning and thought I was linked in to receive responses from everywhere, but I guess that is not the case.
As I have said, I have tried the suggestions offered. However, it is not consistent in what causes it. I have disabled certain processes and tested it only to find it apparently did not work. But when I come back to the computer later - at least in a couple of cases - the screen saver was operating !! However later that same day I could not get it to open. Therefore I think it is not one process but maybe several at different times that is the problem. Are all these processes supposed to turn off when you are not actively using them?? That is, is there something in Windows that is supposed to know when to turn these active processes off???
Anyway - thanks for your reply. This is just not the most important problem in the world.
Dean V. Dannewitz
majorlinux: Just a minute! Where in all the threads on this subject has there been a mention of running the command: powercfg -requestsoverride PROCESS and inserting the offending process DISPLAY???? And how do I know which is the offending process when there are usually several running?
I do apologize for the assumptions made in my previous post. I had assumed you had clicked the blue box above my original post that would show the post I was replying to initially and had therefore simplified that post to give my thoughts as to what was being explained.
I had not spent the time fully researching the issue but had merely applied the steps laid out from the post I was responding to.
Again, I do apologize for the assumptions that I had made and I hope this post clears up the matter.
P.S.: The original posting is the second post at the link below:
majorlinux: Just a minute! Where in all the threads on this subject has there been a mention of running the command: powercfg -requestsoverride PROCESS and inserting the offending process DISPLAY???? And how do I know which is the offending process when there are usually several running? Sending out advice like this is not really answering the question and solving the problem. Not everyone is spending most of their active lives working on the computer. Assuming that everyone knows exactly what you are talking about is a real reach. Since the Screen Saver problem is not an essential function I think too much has been assumed about how it functions and what could affect the operation. Each computer is used differently and the user is very much a different person than others. So an abundance of over-explaining something is in order.
Dean V. Dannewitz
