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screensaver won't kick in?
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screensaver won't kick in?
Saturday, June 7, 2003 at 10:40 am
Posted by roger
(42 messages posted)
a couple days ago my screensaver decided not to come on. i changed the screensaver
and time to kick in, still no difference, also i can't set the energy saving feature
for the monitor. any ideas? thanks, greg
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re: screensaver won't kick in?
Sunday, June 8, 2003 at 5:47 pm
Posted by Steve Easton
(5183 messages posted)
Right click the desktop, click properties, click settings, click Advanced, click
Monitor check the box "Monitor is energy Star compliant"
As for the sceensaver, reinstall it. Control panel, add/remove programs, Accessories,
Check the box for Screensaver.
On Saturday, June 7, 2003 at 10:40 am, greg doyle wrote:
>a couple days ago my screensaver decided not to come on. i changed the screensaver
>and time to kick in, still no difference, also i can't set the energy saving feature
>for the monitor. any ideas? thanks, greg
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re: screensaver won't kick in?
Monday, June 9, 2003 at 2:06 pm
Posted by roger
(42 messages posted)
i followed your directions for the monitor, click apply then ok, but it still won't
let me set the shutdown time. when i retrace my steps again the energy star compliant
box is unchecked. i know this monitor did comply with this feature. any ideas,thanks
greg
On Sunday, June 8, 2003 at 5:47 pm, Steve Easton wrote:
>Right click the desktop, click properties, click settings, click Advanced, click
>Monitor check the box "Monitor is energy Star compliant"
>
>As for the sceensaver, reinstall it. Control panel, add/remove programs, Accessories,
>Check the box for Screensaver.
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re: screensaver won't kick in?
Monday, June 9, 2003 at 3:08 pm
Posted by Steve Easton
(5183 messages posted)
The next step would be, open device manager, click the plus by Monitor, click on
the entry that shows and click Remove. Close device manager and restart the computer.
This will "refresh" the driver installation.
On Monday, June 9, 2003 at 2:06 pm, greg doyle wrote:
>i followed your directions for the monitor, click apply then ok, but it still won't
>let me set the shutdown time. when i retrace my steps again the energy star compliant
>box is unchecked. i know this monitor did comply with this feature. any ideas,thanks
>greg
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re: screensaver won't kick in?
Monday, June 9, 2003 at 3:56 pm
Posted by roger
(42 messages posted)
i followed your directions and when i clicked remove, i got, "you are about to remove
this device from your system" do i want to continue? greg
On Monday, June 9, 2003 at 3:08 pm, Steve Easton wrote:
>The next step would be, open device manager, click the plus by Monitor, click on
>the entry that shows and click Remove. Close device manager and restart the computer.
> This will "refresh" the driver installation.
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re: screensaver won't kick in?
Monday, June 9, 2003 at 4:03 pm
Posted by Steve Easton
(5183 messages posted)
Yep. Restart and Windows will reinstall it, ensuring the proper drivers and driver
file paths.
On Monday, June 9, 2003 at 3:56 pm, greg doyle wrote:
>i followed your directions and when i clicked remove, i got, "you are about to remove
>this device from your system" do i want to continue? greg
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re: screensaver won't kick in?
Monday, June 9, 2003 at 5:20 pm
Posted by roger
(42 messages posted)
well my friend, i'll admit you had me scared to follow through,but it worked. thanks
again, greg
On Monday, June 9, 2003 at 4:03 pm, Steve Easton wrote:
>Yep. Restart and Windows will reinstall it, ensuring the proper drivers and driver
>file paths.
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re: screensaver won't kick in?
Monday, June 9, 2003 at 5:29 pm
Posted by Steve Easton
(5183 messages posted)
You're welcome. Sometimes Windows loses the correct path ( in the registry ) to
a driver needed to operate a device properly, so windows then "defaults" to a driver
it can "live with." The correct files are still there, but Windows can't find them.
When you remove a device from device manager, it clears the registry entry for the
device, so that when you restart, Windows says "Ok new device." It then queries the
device chipset for the manufacturer and model number and then searches its' list
of .inf files for a match. When found, the .inf file tells windows what driver to
use, then re-writes the correct info in the registry and Bingo, you're back in business.
On Monday, June 9, 2003 at 5:20 pm, greg doyle wrote:
>well my friend, i'll admit you had me scared to follow through,but it worked. thanks
>again, greg
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