screensaver 3 minutes

UsernameIssues said:

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You probably have an event that brings the computer out of the screensaver mode every 2 or 3 minutes. Think of it as an automatic shake of the mouse. Please try the steps mentioned in this tutorial to ferret out the culprit.

If that fails to find the issue, we can try Process Monitor...
...but Process Monitor can be a bit overwhelming.
See my posts here and here.

AddRAM said:

What if it`s set at 8 or 10 minutes, does it work ?

Meta1ed said:

no it doesn't start at 7 or 8 minutes

That confirms my suspicions. Some event happens every few minutes that resets the idle timer. I'm not sure what to check next. An AutoIt or PowerShell script might be able to monitor the idle timer and tell you down to the millisecond when the event occurred. Then match that time up with events in Process Monitor - but Process Monitor does not seem to capture every event (or I don't know what I'm seeing). I'm just thinking out loud. I don't expect you to do anything with this info.

might it be my external drive that is causing all this?

nope its not the external drive

Set the screensaver for 5 minutes.
(We don't want it to come on.)

Start Process Monitor.
Start the script below.
Don't touch anything.

Once the message box pops up...
...stop Process Monitor.



Look at the events around and just above the time shown in the message box. I don't know what the event will look like. Let us know if you don't see something obvious and I'll walk you thru making the Process Monitor log small enough to upload so that I can look at it.

Code:

#include <Timers.au3>
Sleep(111)
$h = @HOUR
If $h > 12 Then $h = $h - 12
Do
    Sleep(10)
    $IT = _Timer_GetIdleTime()
    ToolTip(Int($IT / 1000, 1) & " seconds idle", 10, 10)
Until $IT < 100
MsgBox(0, "time", $h & ":" & @MIN & ":" & @SEC & ":" & @MSEC)

After you install AutoIt* from here...
AutoIt Downloads - AutoItScript
...copy/paste the code above into a new script file.
You can sort of see that being done in second video in this post.
You do not need to compile the code...
...just run it as a text file.
You don't need to put it in the start up folder either.

*Right after the AutoIt installation completes, you might need to select an empty spot on the desktop and press F5. Doing that should rebuild/refresh the options that are available to you via Explorer's context menu (right click > New...).

is it possible that its my virus scan that is interfering

I have found the problem its my razor ourobouse mouse that is interfering with my screensaver any tip on how to resolve this issue thx