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Vista Screen saver shuts off after a few minutes.
« on: October 03, 2011, 11:07:49 AM »
I'm having trouble with My HP Pavilion HP6116f , AMD X2 - 64 Bit processor with 8 gig of DDR ram with Vista Home premium 64 bit  having the screen saver turn off after a short time on It's own. Is there some way to find what is toggling it off?
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Re: Vista Screen saver shuts off after a few minutes.
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2011, 04:59:34 PM »
3 Things to check...

E-mail app

Anti-virus

Windows updates...
All 3 of these if triggered or scheduled in the background will interrupt the screensaver.
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Re: Vista Screen saver shuts off after a few minutes.
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2011, 07:55:42 PM »
Also, a drifting mouse cursor will do this. Since this is a desktop HP, without touching the mouse, look at the cursor and see if it's drifting slightly.
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    Re: Vista Screen saver shuts off after a few minutes.
    « Reply #3 on: October 12, 2011, 12:16:56 PM »
    You may also check power settings for something that says "Turn off backlight" or "Turn off screen".
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