Vista - screensaver not working

Hi how can I bget screensavers to work in vista rc1 without reinstalling.
thanks
john

Are you using a wireless mouse? There are known issues with wireless
rodents and screensavers. I went back to using a wired mouse and then all
of the screensavers worked as expected.

--
Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
"tattoo113" <tattoo113@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi how can I bget screensavers to work in vista rc1 without reinstalling.
> thanks
> john

Hi Jane I was using a wireless mouse before and they worked. I only changed
to a Microsoft wireless desktop 6000 and the problem started. Tried to switch
back to other wireless mouse but can't. I guess I'll have to wait until end
of month. Thanks.
John

"Jane C" wrote:

> Are you using a wireless mouse? There are known issues with wireless
> rodents and screensavers. I went back to using a wired mouse and then all
> of the screensavers worked as expected.
>
> --
> Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
> "tattoo113" <tattoo113@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsDE2C5AF-6005-437E-BFD3-4ADE14286498@microsoft.com...
> > Hi how can I bget screensavers to work in vista rc1 without reinstalling.
> > thanks
> > john
>

I guess you better plan to keep waiting. This has been an issue throughout
the beta & RC process and has still yet to be fixed.

Furthermore, they actually acknowledge this as a known issue when they
released the beta version of the intellipoint software for vista. When the
'final' version of intellipoint came out, the problem was still not fixed.
Now they make no mention of this glaring issue anywhere.

I walked into Costco this past weekend and saw rows of the 6000-series
Microsoft wireless mice. They actually had the nerve to plaster on the box,
"Optimized for Windows Vista"! Can you believe that?! The radio-transmitted
mice have a problem preventing the screensaver from ever coming on (and thus
the screens from ever gonig to sleep and the computer from ever going to
sleep) and they actually have the nerve to put "Optimized for Wnidows Vista"
on the box.

What's even more sad & insulting is that the same MICROSOFT mouse works
flawlessly in the APPLE OSX operating system.

Why can't Microsoft make their own hardware work on their own OS is beyond me.

"tattoo113" wrote:

> Hi Jane I was using a wireless mouse before and they worked. I only changed
> to a Microsoft wireless desktop 6000 and the problem started. Tried to switch
> back to other wireless mouse but can't. I guess I'll have to wait until end
> of month. Thanks.
> John

Hi Jeff
I switched back to Logitech. At least the desktop works. They released
software for vista but it won't install.

"Jeff Billimek" wrote:

> I guess you better plan to keep waiting. This has been an issue throughout
> the beta & RC process and has still yet to be fixed.
>
> Furthermore, they actually acknowledge this as a known issue when they
> released the beta version of the intellipoint software for vista. When the
> 'final' version of intellipoint came out, the problem was still not fixed.
> Now they make no mention of this glaring issue anywhere.
>
> I walked into Costco this past weekend and saw rows of the 6000-series
> Microsoft wireless mice. They actually had the nerve to plaster on the box,
> "Optimized for Windows Vista"! Can you believe that?! The radio-transmitted
> mice have a problem preventing the screensaver from ever coming on (and thus
> the screens from ever gonig to sleep and the computer from ever going to
> sleep) and they actually have the nerve to put "Optimized for Wnidows Vista"
> on the box.
>
> What's even more sad & insulting is that the same MICROSOFT mouse works
> flawlessly in the APPLE OSX operating system.
>
> Why can't Microsoft make their own hardware work on their own OS is beyond me.
>
> "tattoo113" wrote:
>
> > Hi Jane I was using a wireless mouse before and they worked. I only changed
> > to a Microsoft wireless desktop 6000 and the problem started. Tried to switch
> > back to other wireless mouse but can't. I guess I'll have to wait until end
> > of month. Thanks.
> > John

Well, I guess that would explain why I never see the screensaver. Might
also be why when I put my computer to sleep, it goes to sleep and shuts down
then immediatly starts back up again.

Quite annoying really.


"Jeff Billimek" <JeffBillimek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:24A9D5EC-991E-43DE-95B3-46F202A482A7@microsoft.com...
>I guess you better plan to keep waiting. This has been an issue throughout
> the beta & RC process and has still yet to be fixed.
>
> Furthermore, they actually acknowledge this as a known issue when they
> released the beta version of the intellipoint software for vista. When
> the
> 'final' version of intellipoint came out, the problem was still not fixed.
> Now they make no mention of this glaring issue anywhere.
>
> I walked into Costco this past weekend and saw rows of the 6000-series
> Microsoft wireless mice. They actually had the nerve to plaster on the
> box,
> "Optimized for Windows Vista"! Can you believe that?! The
> radio-transmitted
> mice have a problem preventing the screensaver from ever coming on (and
> thus
> the screens from ever gonig to sleep and the computer from ever going to
> sleep) and they actually have the nerve to put "Optimized for Wnidows
> Vista"
> on the box.
>
> What's even more sad & insulting is that the same MICROSOFT mouse works
> flawlessly in the APPLE OSX operating system.
>
> Why can't Microsoft make their own hardware work on their own OS is beyond
> me.
>
> "tattoo113" wrote:
>
>> Hi Jane I was using a wireless mouse before and they worked. I only
>> changed
>> to a Microsoft wireless desktop 6000 and the problem started. Tried to
>> switch
>> back to other wireless mouse but can't. I guess I'll have to wait until
>> end
>> of month. Thanks.
>> John

"Jeff Billimek" wrote:

thanks for this info Jeff banging my head on wall for two days getting rid of
6000 series !!which is load of rubbish.

"Jeff Billimek" wrote:

"Jeff Billimek" wrote:

Could some one PLEASE help me to get my Screen Savers back?
I keep getting a message--Photo's Screen Savers has stopped working. A
problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the
program and notify you if a solution is available.