no screensaver in vista

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please can anyone help the screensaver wont activate in vista basic on dell vostro laptop it was working before,it should come on after 5 min, have tried all the screen savers and as soon as i try to preview them they go on for a second and then go off i dont have any wireless devices connected i did have a keyboard and mouse but uninstalled them and went back to the usb wired ones ive tried getting the screen savers to work by leaving on the 'Microsoft HID Non-User Input Data Filter update' and turning it off (it uninstalled when i got rid of mouse and keyboard, i tried disabling the touchpad, i disabled the hid thing in services msc, i also tried just using the turn off display in power options but that doesnt work either, i even tried reenabling everything in windows features, and i tried rolling back the graphics card driver,but none of these things work i am totally at a loss because the screen just stays on so i have to just shut down and restart the pc everytime i want to use it and this always brings up problems with modem and so on i also read somewhere that Dell Media Experience, Power DVD and ehtray.exe cause problems but i have none of these running at startup. sorry this is so long but its really driving me crazy. can anybody shed any light on this? any help would be greatly appreciated frustrated vista user
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    CPU
    Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
    Memory
    Crucial Ballistix 4x2GB PC2 6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Creative SB X-Fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207 + HPvs15
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050 + 1024x768
    Hard Drives
    2-WD5000AAKS-500 GB
    WD 5000AAV-500 GB external
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve
    Mouse
    MX Revolution
    Other Info
    Wacom Intuos 2 Graphics Tablet
    Experience Index=5.5
please can anyone help the screensaver wont activate in vista basic on dell vostro laptop it was working before,it should come on after 5 min, have tried all the screen savers and as soon as i try to preview them they go on for a second and then go off i dont have any wireless devices connected i did have a keyboard and mouse but uninstalled them and went back to the usb wired ones ive tried getting the screen savers to work by leaving on the 'Microsoft HID Non-User Input Data Filter update' and turning it off (it uninstalled when i got rid of mouse and keyboard, i tried disabling the touchpad, i disabled the hid thing in services msc, i also tried just using the turn off display in power options but that doesnt work either, i even tried reenabling everything in windows features, and i tried rolling back the graphics card driver,but none of these things work i am totally at a loss because the screen just stays on so i have to just shut down and restart the pc everytime i want to use it and this always brings up problems with modem and so on i also read somewhere that Dell Media Experience, Power DVD and ehtray.exe cause problems but i have none of these running at startup. sorry this is so long but its really driving me crazy. can anybody shed any light on this? any help would be greatly appreciated frustrated vista user

Hi and welcome

One thing you can do is to type event viewer in search. We want to go to the eondows log>application tab. wewant to look for errors(they have red in the left column) that have either app crash, app hang, or anything relating to the screensaver. there will be many. when you find them it will say why the screensaver is hanging. if you can note the event ID and source of the errors. let us know what they are.

thanks
Kenn J++
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron E 1405
    CPU
    [email protected]
    Memory
    4 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    integrated intel 945
    Sound Card
    integrated
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    300 gig internal
    Internet Speed
    10 down 1.5 up
thanks kenn i opened event viewer but i really have no ide what im looking for.
i dont think there is anything to do with screen saver there, i saved the errors in a list that ive attached. can you tell me what im looking for? i use the blank screensaver normally but is there anything else i should try? thanks again
 

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