I have windows XP x64 edition, and when it goes off the screensaver?

Question

I have windows XP x64 edition, and when it goes off the screensaver, instead of putting the monitor on standby it goes right back to the desktop. The only way I can make it work properly is to make the time on the desktop and screensaver equal. I would rather hav the desktop on a shorter period of time, say 5 minutes to 30 minutes for the screensaver. Can anybody help me ?

I already know I can shut the screensaver off, as suggested by the first answer, but it contains all kinds of pictures taken by me and my family, and would rather have it on.

Further information which might help anybody answer this question, my PC is only 2 months and has a dual core processor with 2 gigs of ram

Answer 1

None of the answers above are going to help your issue with the screen saver not working. He/she is right about the screen saver not being needed, but that is not any new information. All the rest of it is performance tweaks, several of which are not going to make any difference if you have a dual core processor with 2 gigs of ram. You don't mention any other performance problems so I am going on the fact that there aren't any. You say that your PC is only a couple months old so I doubt running defrag is going to make a noticeable difference. Though it’s not a bad idea to run it once in a while to keep your drive from getting too fragmented.

I have never heard the brownout causing more damage than a surge theory before. The light dimming could be a brownout, but it could also be voltage drop on that circuit because something like an air conditioner or a fan just came on. When an electric motor powers on it momentarily can draw more current than what your circuit can provide. If your lights are not on a separate circuit then they will dim momentarily. Your computer may not even be on the same circuit as your lights. As for brownouts causing hardware issues I’m not buying that. Brownouts can cause system data corruption problems because your computer may not work correctly with inadequate voltage. Your issue is not a lack of voltage issue since it always exhibits that behavior.

Turning your PC off does not protect it from a power surge unless you unplug it. That is what surge protectors are for. Even then if the surge is big enough that may not do it either. That is what home owners insurance is for because if the surge is that big more than the PC is going to get fried. I am pretty sure your issue is an Intel driver issue.

As to fully answer your question I would have to trouble shoot your pc; that would be something you need to have done by the person/persons who set up your pc system.

Answer 2

Unlike the other answerers I have to ask a question. What do you mean you set the time on your desktop. The desktop is the desktop, it is on when the computer is on until you shut the monitor off. The screensaver comes on when the computer is idle for a set time, when you move the mouse, hit a key or do anything to bring the computer out of screensaver it goes to the desktop.

Answer 3

First understand other then a cutesy look a screen saver servers no purpose on todays monitors. Screen savers were designed to protect the old old monitors from burning the image on to the screen when left on for extended periods. It will only slow down your pc. With that said if you right click on the desk top and select properties/screen saver/power icon all the setting are there. I would recommend having never selected on at least the disks. I personally have never on all and manually turn off my pc when not in use to save electric as well as protect the pc from surges or brown outs...brown outs do more damage to pc's then any other power related issue. That's where power drops below 110v but doesn't go out completely, when you see lights in your home dim that was a brown out occuring. Now I'll give you the steps to take to bring your pc to performing at it's best.

Tuning up your PC. First open a Internet Explorer, right hand side of the top tool bar select tools/then Internet Options/In the Middle under Browsing History select Delete/Then towards the bottom of that window select delete all. This will clean out your cache. Next click start icon/ right click on properties/ then select the advanced tab/ in the window that appears the top section the third option down is For Best Performance, select this and click apply or ok which ever. Next start / my computer/ then right click on C:\ drive and select properties again. Select tools and run your scan disc checking auto repair errors and recover bad sectors. It will tell you it can't until you re-start click ok. Now go start/ Run/ type msconfig...when the window appears select start up...place your pointer on the line right next to location on the left side...hold down the left mouse key and slide to the right. This will make it so you can better read exactly what is running. Uncheck everything but things related to your virus program and the spy ware. Then click apply and it will prompt you to re-start. When it re-starts the computer will go into scan disc. If any system things got unchecked that were needed by the system they will correct during this scan. When scan completes and windows starts up a window will appear check the little box on the bottom left and click ok. Next go to start/ my computer and again right click C:\ and select properties as before...this time in tools select defragmenter...click on the icon Analyze if it comes up needing to defrag do it...to WILL see a world of difference and by the way in Best Performance Mode your task bar will be gray, this is normal. Copy/ Paste this to Microsoft Word and save it as a document for future reference/print the instructions will make it easier to follow.

Answer 4

Turn the screen saver off. set the monitor to power off after 5-10-15 whatever minutes u want..

Answer 5

your question is not so clear to troubleshoot your computer. if you are free then you can mention the timings for me to take control of your computer through windows remote login and i would check the settings on your computer. for further details about the timings and problem please feel free to mail me at [e-mail]