Screensaver Problem

Hello,
I cannot change any screen savers, through desktop or control panel.
Can anyone offer any advice? Thanks in advance

 

There is an option in display/settings /advanced/ that can be checked or unchecked, you will want to see if it set to , restart before changing, or ask before changing. Check that out. ed

 

Under the category : Compatability
It is checked to: Apply the new display settings without restarting.
Is that correct ?

 

You would have to get more specific, like why you cant change it. What happens when you try?

 

All 3 users on this system used to be able to change to any screen savers thru the drop down choices.I'm able to preview all of them, change the time, or make changes to desktop,but when the screen savers kicks in, it isn't the one I changed to. I can test all the options for all screen savers in System32,
but the file scrnsave.scr is blank when I test it. The screen is black.

 

Hello,
Just wondering if there is any more advice to correct this ?

 

What OS are ye using? As in 98, 2k, XP, vista....

I recently ran into this issue, and it was malware.....

I recommend visiting the following links:

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407 <--- READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=38752 <---- NO HIJACK THIS LOG FILES BEFORE READING THIS: HJT Tutorial & LOG File Posting

 

Thanks for responding. I have Windows XP SP2. Pentium (R) 4 CPU 1.80 GHz.79 GHz 512B RAM.Should I post HJT log here, or what ?

 

i had this problem before, if, "IF" i remember corectly an error check soluved this for me. C drive right click properties, tools, click 'check now'

 

Great, do I click on Fix file system errors or scan for & attempt recovery of bad sectors?

 

do both, and this is matinence, like tuning your car! . do it from time to time and the defragment aswell, cheers

 

Thank you for the tip---I'll try that........