Wevans, other computer people?

[MarkM]

My screensaver won't come up. Set it for 2 minutes and it still won't come up. I don't want to fry anything. HELP!!!

[robbankston]

What version of windows? Install anything new? Might have a program running hidden.

[wevans]

What Rob said. Also make sure it's not set to "None" in the drop-down.

[MarkM]

I have XP. It won't go to sleep.

[RodBow]

Control Panel / Appearance /Display Settings / Screen Saver

[MarkM]

It's not the screensaver settings, I don't think. It's that the monitor won't shut down after so many minutes. I think it's the power saver. I have it set for 5 minutes but, it won't shut down.

[Harmsway]

It's that the monitor won't shut down after so many minutes. I have it set for 5 minutes but, it won't shut down.

Makes me yearn for the good old days, when all you had to do was turn the on/off knob.

Fishin' is the mission.

[robbankston]

Do you want it to shutdown or go to screen saver? Two different things.

[MarkM]

Forever my computer would go to screensaver after so many minutes, then the monitor would what I call go to sleep, after so many minutes. Then I could shake the mouse and wake it up???

[robbankston]

So it's not doing either? Id turn them both off. Then turn them on one at a time testing to see which one works and which don't. Then test together. May give u a better idea where the issue is.

[RodBow]

How about: Control Panel / Hardware and Sound / Power Options / Change Plan Settings / Turn Off Display (I think this mean to hibernate until you move the mouse)

[MarkM]

Thanks everybody for your help. I tried Rodbows suggestion on the hibernation thing. It didn't work either. But, when I did the restart after changing the settings it worked. So, I changed my screensaver settings and did the restart and it's working fine. Thanks again.