Screensaver not starting automatically.

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  1. Posts : 1,839
    Windows 7 pro
       #1

    Screensaver not starting automatically.


    Sometimes, and I'm not sure why, but my screensaver doesn't start automatically. This has happened with both the photos screensaver built into windows and one that I've installed. The only resolution is to log out of my profile. Today this happened just after booting up my computer. Any ideas? I have screensaver set to start after 5 minutes.
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  2. Posts : 2,246
    Windows 7 Pro SP1 64 bit
       #2

    Hi Townsbg-

    Have you tried doing a clean boot to see if there's some program running in the background which prevents the screensaver from starting?
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  3. Posts : 1,839
    Windows 7 pro
    Thread Starter
       #3

    No but I have very little running. I keep services trimmed down. VMWare doesn't start automatically so I know that it isn't that.

    Screensaver not starting automatically.-services.png
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  4. Posts : 2,798
    Windows 7 x64, Vista x64, 8.1 smartphone
       #4

    Is something starting up in the background while the computer is left idle? Or is there a process that is not closing down properly?

    1. From an admin command prompt, type powercfg/requests
    2. wait the time screensaver is supposed to kick-in (5 min)
    3. if screensaver does not start, then press <return>

    should do the trick, and tell you what is preventing screensaver from starting.
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  5. Posts : 2,246
    Windows 7 Pro SP1 64 bit
       #5

    Townsbg- Did you try it?

    I like the response from iko22.
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  6. Posts : 1,839
    Windows 7 pro
    Thread Starter
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    I'll have to wait until it happens again.
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  7. Posts : 1,839
    Windows 7 pro
    Thread Starter
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    This afternoon I had the issue happen again. I ran your command and it didn't return anything. I changed the timeout to a minute to confirm that it wasn't working and then the screensaver started. It continued to work on 5 minutes throughout the rest of the day. So changing the timeout seemed to correct the issue.

    FYI I've run the command every so often throughout the day and each time I had the following immediately after running a VMWare virtual machine. Do you know if there is a connection?

    SYSTEM:
    [DRIVER] \FileSystem\srvnet
    An active remote client has recently sent requests to this machine.
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  8. Posts : 2,798
    Windows 7 x64, Vista x64, 8.1 smartphone
       #8

    Had you run VMWare since changing the screensaver timeout to a minute? Did the screensaver work on that occasion? What did powercfg report on that occasion?
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  9. Posts : 1,839
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    I didn't run VMWare. I changed the timeout to a minute and let it wait immediately. When it worked I changed it back to 5 minutes. I didn't run the command after changing it but prior to changing it the command returned nothing.
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  10. Posts : 2,798
    Windows 7 x64, Vista x64, 8.1 smartphone
       #10

    So changing the timeout has reset the timer. It would be interesting to see if this is a permanent fix, or not.

    I had this exact same problem, on my Windows 7 but not on my Vista machine. On mine, VMWare is not installed but, like you, I had Steam Client, and I had the AMD External Events Utility (together with an older AMD graphics card).

    On my machine, changing the timeout resets the timer - but it was not a permanent fix. Maybe you got lucky with a permanent fix, if not, then I have shared these things with you.
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