Screen Saver keeps failing


  1. Posts : 36
    Windows 10
       #1

    Screen Saver keeps failing


    My screen saver keeps failing to start. I don't get any error messages, if just never starts.
    I can go into the settings, change the screen saver, and then it will work for like a day or so, but then it just never activates.
    Worse yet, I have found on multiple occasions (usually after I reset or shut down my computer so I can load another OS) that the screensaver I was using has been outright removed.

    I use the pictures slideshow from Windows XP because it actually works on all my monitors and lets me navigate with the arrow keys. But I have to keep reinstalling it because it will spontaneously disappear from my list of screen savers. But even when I switch to one of the default screen savers I still find that my settings will just randomly turn off the screen saver.

    What is causing this? Has anyone else here seen this problem? Is Windows reverting my settings without being prompted to?
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  2. Posts : 4,594
    Windows 10 Pro
       #2

    Do a Repair install, see if that fixes it.
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  3. Posts : 1,807
    Windows 10 Pro 21H1 19043.1348
       #3

    Marscaleb said:
    My screen saver keeps failing to start. I don't get any error messages, if just never starts.
    I can go into the settings, change the screen saver, and then it will work for like a day or so, but then it just never activates.
    Worse yet, I have found on multiple occasions (usually after I reset or shut down my computer so I can load another OS) that the screensaver I was using has been outright removed.

    I use the pictures slideshow from Windows XP because it actually works on all my monitors and lets me navigate with the arrow keys. But I have to keep reinstalling it because it will spontaneously disappear from my list of screen savers. But even when I switch to one of the default screen savers I still find that my settings will just randomly turn off the screen saver.

    What is causing this? Has anyone else here seen this problem? Is Windows reverting my settings without being prompted to?
    Hi Marscaleb

    How long has your screensaver been misbehaving, did it ever work?
    Have you installed any new hardware or software since it worked properly?

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  4. Posts : 4,791
    Windows 11 Pro 64 Bit 22H2
       #4

    I use the pictures slideshow from Windows XP because it actually works on all my monitors and lets me navigate with the arrow keys.
    Why not use the Windows 10 slideshow screensaver? How to Set Up an Image Slideshow in Windows 10
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  5. Posts : 36
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #5

    AddRAM said:
    Do a Repair install, see if that fixes it.
    Of... the OS? Or am I able to do that of specific components?
    W10 Tweaker said:
    How long has your screensaver been misbehaving, did it ever work?
    Have you installed any new hardware or software since it worked properly?
    Please update your 'My Computer' so we are aware of your PC type and winver. TIA
    I have not seen it work reliable ever since I installed Windows 10 pro earlier this year.
    Running a dual boot system. I had almost never had this problem with WIndows 7 on the same machine; at best maybe five times ever had I seen the screensaver no longer kick in, but just changing the timer fixed it. I've never seen a screensaver uninstall itself, and never had this much of a problem with a screen saver not kicking on.
    spunk said:
    Why not use the Windows 10 slideshow screensaver? How to Set Up an Image Slideshow in Windows 10
    As I said earlier, it only shows up on one screen. I've got three other monitors twiddling their thumbs. Plus I like being able to skip back or hold an image with the arrow keys.
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  6. Posts : 36
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #6

    And now the screen saver won't work at all.I can set it to turn on in one minute with any screen saver, but it never turns on at all.
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