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Old May 19th 17, 01:21 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Art Todesco
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Default Windows 7 screen savers

For years I have used the Windows 7 screen saver, set to blank and 15
minutes. All of a sudden I started to notice that it appeared to not be
blanking. I've reset it to 1 minute, just to monitor it. Still no
blank. Any ideas what might have changed?
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Old May 19th 17, 04:57 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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On 5/19/2017 7:21 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
For years I have used the Windows 7 screen saver, set to blank and 15
minutes. All of a sudden I started to notice that it appeared to not be
blanking. I've reset it to 1 minute, just to monitor it. Still no
blank. Any ideas what might have changed?


might want to take a look at the power saving settings to see if the
monitor or rather the video was set to never save energy.

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Old May 19th 17, 06:06 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Art Todesco
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On 5/19/2017 11:57 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 5/19/2017 7:21 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
For years I have used the Windows 7 screen saver, set to blank and 15
minutes. All of a sudden I started to notice that it appeared to not
be blanking. I've reset it to 1 minute, just to monitor it. Still no
blank. Any ideas what might have changed?


might want to take a look at the power saving settings to see if the
monitor or rather the video was set to never save energy.

Good point. BTW, I Googled this and it was suggested to reinstall the
video drivers, but that didn't help. I'll try your suggestion.
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Old May 19th 17, 06:33 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Art Todesco wrote:

For years I have used the Windows 7 screen saver, set to blank and 15
minutes. All of a sudden I started to notice that it appeared to not be
blanking. I've reset it to 1 minute, just to monitor it. Still no
blank. Any ideas what might have changed?


Tried logging off and back on?
Tried rebooting?

I've encountered where the screen saver won't activate under the current
state of the OS and your OS session. Either of the above gets it
working again.

There are some programs that can be configured or behave by default to
disable the screen saver when they run. For example, the VLC player can
be configured to disable the screen saver when it is playing some media.
Could be when they get used and they disabled the screen saver (not its
configuration) that they forgot to reenable screensaver when no longer
used or upon exit. Of course, if they crash, they cannot restore the
state for anything.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4...-from-starting
http://www.blackwasp.co.uk/DisableScreensaver.aspx

I would think that once the screensaver-blocking program was unloaded
(exited) that it could no longer effect a reset on the idle timeout.
Some methods for blocking the screensaver is to alter its config;
however, when I visit the screensaver settings, they haven't changed. I
can see if the program is still loaded that it could continue to effect
a block on idle timeout.

It is possible for software to substitute the screensaver for a standard
one. They should rename the screensaver in the registry but that is
them being polite. I've had to restore the standard .scr file to get
back the standard screensaver file. .scr files contain executable code
and why you should not obtain them from untrusted sources. Consider an
..scr file the same as an .exe file. They don't define the parameters of
a screen saver. They ARE the screen saver /program/. .scr files have
been used to distribute malware. When my anti-virus offered a screen
saver that ran a malware scan when the screen saver went active, it was
based on whatever was the existing screen saver. A new entry was added
in the registry giving the screensaver entry a new name to let you know
that one worked with the AV program to run a scan. They could've reused
the old name and you wouldn't know you were running a different .scr
program as your screensaver.
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Old May 19th 17, 08:02 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Windows 7 screen savers

On 19/5/2017 8:21 PM, Art Todesco wrote:
For years I have used the Windows 7 screen saver, set to blank and 15
minutes. All of a sudden I started to notice that it appeared to not be
blanking. I've reset it to 1 minute, just to monitor it. Still no
blank. Any ideas what might have changed?


Google might help?
https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=w...C8GI8wXAoKrACg

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Old May 19th 17, 10:16 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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In message , GlowingBlueMist
writes:
On 5/19/2017 7:21 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
For years I have used the Windows 7 screen saver, set to blank and 15
minutes. All of a sudden I started to notice that it appeared to not
be blanking. I've reset it to 1 minute, just to monitor it. Still
no blank. Any ideas what might have changed?


might want to take a look at the power saving settings to see if the
monitor or rather the video was set to never save energy.

I've always understood the power settings to be independent of the
"screen saver" ones - at least, for it to be possible to set a
screensaver cut-in time less than the power saving time[s].
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Old May 20th 17, 01:10 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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On 5/19/2017 10:57 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 5/19/2017 7:21 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
For years I have used the Windows 7 screen saver, set to blank and 15
minutes. All of a sudden I started to notice that it appeared to not
be blanking. I've reset it to 1 minute, just to monitor it. Still no
blank. Any ideas what might have changed?


might want to take a look at the power saving settings to see if the
monitor or rather the video was set to never save energy.

I have also seen setting the screen saver to something different, like
no screen saver. Log off or shut down.

Then bring up the system and set it to what you really want and once
again log off or shut down.

Then after it comes up the final time see if your settings are now
taking effect.

Kind of like flushing out a stuck bit of code that says it's set one way
but hidden from view it's really set for something else.
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Old May 22nd 17, 02:48 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Art Todesco
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Default Windows 7 screen savers

On 5/19/2017 8:21 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
For years I have used the Windows 7 screen saver, set to blank and 15
minutes. All of a sudden I started to notice that it appeared to not be
blanking. I've reset it to 1 minute, just to monitor it. Still no
blank. Any ideas what might have changed?

Well, still no blanking. Here's what I tried; unplug USB devices, one
at a time (mouse, keyboard, printers, scanner, UPS), shut off background
slideshow and only use a solid color. But, here's what I noticed.
While watching a youtube video, the timeline, which normally disappears
after a short timeout, pops back after about 10 second and then
disappears. This continuously repeats itself. BTW, if I click on the
digital time icon and display the analog clock, the youtube timeline
doesn't come back. Really weird!
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Old May 22nd 17, 07:53 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Windows 7 screen savers (fixed)

On 5/19/2017 8:21 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
For years I have used the Windows 7 screen saver, set to blank and 15
minutes. All of a sudden I started to notice that it appeared to not be
blanking. I've reset it to 1 minute, just to monitor it. Still no
blank. Any ideas what might have changed?

After trying a whole bunch of stuff, I noticed the Dish Network video
player in the system/app tray. I knew it was there, just didn't
connected the problem to it. Once closed, the screen saver and monitor
off both work perfectly.
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Old May 22nd 17, 08:00 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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In message , Art Todesco
writes:
On 5/19/2017 8:21 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
For years I have used the Windows 7 screen saver, set to blank and 15
minutes. All of a sudden I started to notice that it appeared to not be
blanking. I've reset it to 1 minute, just to monitor it. Still no
blank. Any ideas what might have changed?

After trying a whole bunch of stuff, I noticed the Dish Network video
player in the system/app tray. I knew it was there, just didn't
connected the problem to it. Once closed, the screen saver and monitor
off both work perfectly.


Video players often inhibit screen savers, power down, and the like, so
that you can watch a video without being interrupted. (I don't know the
"Dish" one.)
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Old May 22nd 17, 09:08 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:

Art Todesco WROTE:

Art Todesco wrote:

For years I have used the Windows 7 screen saver, set to blank and
15 minutes. All of a sudden I started to notice that it appeared
to not be blanking. I've reset it to 1 minute, just to monitor it.
Still no blank.


After trying a whole bunch of stuff, I noticed the Dish Network
video player in the system/app tray. I knew it was there, just
didn't connected the problem to it. Once closed, the screen saver
and monitor off both work perfectly.


Video players often inhibit screen savers, power down, and the like,
so that you can watch a video without being interrupted.


I mentioned that 3 days ago but the OP hasn't been back in that long.
Maybe he was busy "trying a whole bunch of stuff".
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Old May 22nd 17, 09:20 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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In message , VanguardLH
writes:
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:

Art Todesco WROTE:

Art Todesco wrote:

For years I have used the Windows 7 screen saver, set to blank and
15 minutes. All of a sudden I started to notice that it appeared
to not be blanking. I've reset it to 1 minute, just to monitor it.
Still no blank.

After trying a whole bunch of stuff, I noticed the Dish Network
video player in the system/app tray. I knew it was there, just
didn't connected the problem to it. Once closed, the screen saver
and monitor off both work perfectly.


Video players often inhibit screen savers, power down, and the like,
so that you can watch a video without being interrupted.


I mentioned that 3 days ago but the OP hasn't been back in that long.
Maybe he was busy "trying a whole bunch of stuff".


(Yes, I did see your mention - that's probably what reminded me.)
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Old May 22nd 17, 09:29 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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On Mon, 22 May 2017 15:08:53 -0500
VanguardLH wrote:

I mentioned that 3 days ago


Give me a round of applause and a Big Whoop!
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Old May 22nd 17, 10:19 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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VinnyVanguardLH wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

I mentioned that 3 days ago


Give me a round of applause and a Big Whoop!


A nymshifting trolling freeloading child speaketh.
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Old May 23rd 17, 12:58 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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On 5/22/2017 5:19 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
VinnyVanguardLH wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

I mentioned that 3 days ago


Give me a round of applause and a Big Whoop!


A nymshifting trolling freeloading child speaketh.

Yes, I (OP) too, saw it, but was thinking something like Flash. BTW,
the big problem is that you can't just run the Dish viewer when you want
it. It must be installed. Once installed, it auto loads at boot, so,
if you don't want your screen saver inhibited, you have to 'quit' out of
it. I reported that to Dish and they opened a trouble ticket. I'm not
holding my breath for a fix. Most consumer companies just close trouble
tickets, even though they didn't fix the problem. Also, Dish used to
have a viewer that ran in the browser, but now went to this stand alone
program.
 




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