Windows 7: Screen Saver - Turn On or Off

I have the windows seven home premium and no matter what I do, the screen saver won't work. My computer will sit idle for about a minute and a half and then the screen goes dark. The power settings on my computer are set to never dim and never turn the screen off and I made sure that I saved the changes I made. No matter what the screen saver is on, the screen just goes dark after about a minute and a half.

Hello dazzlingglass, and welcome to Seven Forums.

If this just recently started to happen, then you might consider doing a system restore using a restore point (if available) dated before this started to hopefully fix it.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

I tried doing the system restore, but the only date that it had available was a couple of days ago. However, even after the system restore, the screen saver still won't work and the screen still turns off after a little over a minute.

In that case, you might see if running a sfc /scannow command may be able to help. Otherwise, you may need to do a repair install.

I discovered that my facial recognition software had its own power saving options. After detecting no movement after a certain period of time it would go to sleep. Thank you for your help anyway though!

Hello dazzlingglass,

Ah, that would explain it then. Thank you for posting back with your results.