WINDOWS MESSENGER AND SCREENSAVER - DEACTIVATE ?

[Sarah Playfair]

Is it possible to have my screensaver automatically de-
activated while I am signed on to Messenger ?

I find that if I am having a video conversation and the
screensave kicks in (because I haven't used the mouse or
touched the keys for a while) then the person I am
talking to gets a message that I have gone offline, and
our connection goes.....

Advice please!(of course I can keep moving the mouse, but
that is a bore and if I am having a complicated
discussion then I may well be taking notes manually and
not thinking about the mouse.)

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Sarah,

I don't believe there's any way with just Windows to stop the screensaver from running with
just Messenger (or just a Messenger video conversation -- although this is a great feature
suggestion).

Of course, as I'm sure you're aware, to turn off the screensaver completely, right-click on
the Desktop, choose Properties, then Screen Saver tab, and under Screen saver choose (None).

There is one particular utility that I'm aware of that will actually stop the screen saver
from activating with specific applications called Tray Widget Pro:
http://www.twpro.com/v4/features/

In the meantime I've added this to my feature suggestion list, as I think this would be a
good feature to have.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Sarah Playfair" > wrote in message
...
> Is it possible to have my screensaver automatically de-
> activated while I am signed on to Messenger ?
>
> I find that if I am having a video conversation and the
> screensave kicks in (because I haven't used the mouse or
> touched the keys for a while) then the person I am
> talking to gets a message that I have gone offline, and
> our connection goes.....
>
> Advice please!(of course I can keep moving the mouse, but
> that is a bore and if I am having a complicated
> discussion then I may well be taking notes manually and
> not thinking about the mouse.)

[Sarah Playfair]

Many thanks for your swift response, Jonathan. I don't
want to have to keep turning my screensaver on and off
manually (I will forget, anyway !) so will have a look at
the utility you sugggest to see if that will do the trick.


>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Sarah,
>
>I don't believe there's any way with just Windows to
stop the screensaver from running with
>just Messenger (or just a Messenger video conversation --
although this is a great feature
>suggestion).
>
>Of course, as I'm sure you're aware, to turn off the
screensaver completely, right-click on
>the Desktop, choose Properties, then Screen Saver tab,
and under Screen saver choose (None).
>
>There is one particular utility that I'm aware of that
will actually stop the screen saver
>from activating with specific applications called Tray
Widget Pro:
>http://www.twpro.com/v4/features/
>
>In the meantime I've added this to my feature suggestion
list, as I think this would be a
>good feature to have.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Windows MVP, Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>
>"Sarah Playfair" > wrote in message
...
>> Is it possible to have my screensaver automatically de-
>> activated while I am signed on to Messenger ?
>>
>> I find that if I am having a video conversation and the
>> screensave kicks in (because I haven't used the mouse
or
>> touched the keys for a while) then the person I am
>> talking to gets a message that I have gone offline, and
>> our connection goes.....
>>
>> Advice please!(of course I can keep moving the mouse,
but
>> that is a bore and if I am having a complicated
>> discussion then I may well be taking notes manually and
>> not thinking about the mouse.)
>
>
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Sarah,

Glad to be of assistance =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Sarah Playfair" > wrote in message
...
> Many thanks for your swift response, Jonathan. I don't
> want to have to keep turning my screensaver on and off
> manually (I will forget, anyway !) so will have a look at
> the utility you sugggest to see if that will do the trick.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Sarah,
> >
> >I don't believe there's any way with just Windows to
> stop the screensaver from running with
> >just Messenger (or just a Messenger video conversation --
> although this is a great feature
> >suggestion).
> >
> >Of course, as I'm sure you're aware, to turn off the
> screensaver completely, right-click on
> >the Desktop, choose Properties, then Screen Saver tab,
> and under Screen saver choose (None).
> >
> >There is one particular utility that I'm aware of that
> will actually stop the screen saver
> >from activating with specific applications called Tray
> Widget Pro:
> >http://www.twpro.com/v4/features/
> >
> >In the meantime I've added this to my feature suggestion
> list, as I think this would be a
> >good feature to have.
> >____________________________________________
> >Jonathan Kay
> >Windows MVP, Messenger
> >Associate Expert
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >
> >"Sarah Playfair" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Is it possible to have my screensaver automatically de-
> >> activated while I am signed on to Messenger ?
> >>
> >> I find that if I am having a video conversation and the
> >> screensave kicks in (because I haven't used the mouse
> or
> >> touched the keys for a while) then the person I am
> >> talking to gets a message that I have gone offline, and
> >> our connection goes.....
> >>
> >> Advice please!(of course I can keep moving the mouse,
> but
> >> that is a bore and if I am having a complicated
> >> discussion then I may well be taking notes manually and
> >> not thinking about the mouse.)
> >
> >
> >.
> >