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Resolved Screensaver and power options don't work

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    Fauxqui

    Fauxqui Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I love my photo screensaver when it works. I get to see several thousand of my old pictures and relive memories, except that the screensaver will no longer come on :( Neither will any of the power settings work. The laptop stays on all night unless I turn it off.

    I read somewhere that there may be processes running that keep it from going into screensaver mode and that explanation makes sense. How can I tell which process it is? I have about a hundred processes running on the task manager and I don't know which are important. Is this the cause? Help, please!
     
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    Fauxqui

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    Thanks. It felt like that would work but it didn't.
     
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    Fauxqui

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    I could only go back to April 24th and that didn't work
     
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    Evan Omo

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    What happens when you attempt to change the power options? Do you get an error message? Does the monitor on the laptop turn off automatically when its set to turn off or not?
     
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    No error message. nothing happens It never shuts down and the screensaver never comes on.
     
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    Evan Omo

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    Do you have any external peripheral devices that are plugged into the laptop such as a USB mouse or printer?
     
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    Fauxqui

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    Usb mouse and an external hard drive
     
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    Evan Omo

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    Try unplugging all peripheral devices from your laptop and see if the same behavior still occurs.
     
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    Fauxqui

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    Thank you sooooo much! It was my evil red usb mouse that was causing the problems. Always the little things!
     
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    Evan Omo

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    Awesome. Glad you found the culprit. :cool:

    So do you have any other questions or would you consider this thread resolved?
     
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