Screensaver not working in Windows 8.1

Mark:  I have hesitated for a long time to send this, but I am sure that by now you realize there is NO solution to this problem and it has NOTHING to do with your Mouse installation or drivers or whatever anymore than checking to see if the sun is shining or it is raining outside when this happens.  Microsoft has to know why this is happening and that it is not solvable but they are not telling us all the facts that they must be aware of.  In my case I have tried everything that anyone has come up with in this forum and none of them work.  On the other hand, there are a few times that I have come back to my computer and by some miracle the screen saver is on and working!!!!!  I have tried to pin down what was running at that time, but just trying to find the cause made the screen saver go off and I could not get it back again.

So, I think we all have to sit back and recognize that we are NOT going to be successful beating our heads against a brick wall.  It is sort of like if you don't like the way the electric power comes to your house you should change power companies only to find out that the one you are using has a monopoly franchise for your area.   Just the way that the Microsoft monitors to this forum respond to our comments are a clue to how much importance is given to these forums.   They just push a button to the closest canned response that may cover something and that is what you get-     nothing.

Dean,

I do not like to bang my head against a brickwall. But my final solution was to go into advanced power options for my power plan and disable the USB Selective Suspend Setting. This allows my screensaver to turn on after my 5 minute setting.

I'm not saying that this is an all in one solution, but in my case it worked.

Good luck to anyone else reading this and trying to find a possible solution

SCREENSAVER STOPPED WORKING AFTER 8.1 UPDATE

STRANGE I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THIS HAPPENED TO

Ever since I updated to Windows 8.1 my screensaver stopped working .... I kept going to the UPDATES TO SEE IF THERE WAS A HOT FIX ... 3 years later STILL NOTHING

Its not only you ... OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM ... You would think with the MILLIONS if not BILLIONS of Customers they would have RESOLVED this Problem by now .... Going from page to page is like sitting on HOLD WHEN YOU CALL THEM .... NONE OF THEM KNOW WHAT TO DO OR THEY DON'T HAVE AUTHORIZATION TO HELP YOU .... So you go crazy looking for the Fix while it DAMAGES EVERYONE'S MACHINES .... IF MY SCREEN AND MOTHERBOARD FRIES WILL THEY BUY ME A NEW MACHINE ... I didn't think so I would appreciate it if you posted a HotFix or something to repair the problem

I fully agree with Caesar259 statement.   It is not only this problem, but it seems that Microsoft wants to dictate what we can put on our computers and how we function.  This is what a monopoly does when you allow it.   Another example is that you cannot run a DVD with Windows 8.1 because Microsoft has decided that we should all have separate devices to run their programs on and since those devises do NOT have a DVD player attached they just changed the world for us and all the DVD's and CD's that we have spent hours setting up cannot be played on a desktop computer.  That way they sell more individual devices and all the apps and software that has been written for these devices and the IPhones, etc. 

We have one solution -----  we can all delete all Windows products and go to one of the SEVERAL replacement programs that are available.  Be the first in line.   And in the process be sure to also notify your electric utility to shut off your power because you are moving to a competitive source.

Awesome!  I've been having the same problem and I have the same keyboard.  I'm not sure if my problem started once I connected the keyboard, but all I know is that initially, I had no problem with the screen saver nor the computer sleeping and then later I did.  My problem seemed more sporadic though.

Sometimes is would work, but then after I would manually put the computer to sleep, the whole screen saver business would stop.  It only seemed to work after I completely shut down then restarted the computer.  However again, once I 'sleep'ed the computer screen saver stopped.

Question though, did you ever reconnect the Logitech?  I'd still like to use mine in addition to my wired one.