Bill
Sorry for the delay.
Try this: Open Taskmanager/Processes Tab and look for the ehtray.exe
process. If it is there, right click this process and select End Process
from the menu. Test the screen saver again.
If no joy, take a look at the following articles and try the fixes there.
The screen saver does not work when you use a Microsoft wireless pointing
device:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911895
The screen saver does not start after you install the Wireless Optical
Desktop device:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913405
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
"Bill" <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Ronnie
> I have a new Acer T180 running Vista Home Premimim
> I don't know if I have Aero enabled as I dont know how to do that.
> By not working I mean if the computer is left for a length of time up to 3
> hours then the screen saver does not cut in and my desk top is displayed
> Thanks for your help Bill
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
>
>> Hi Bill
>>
>> "Does not work" covers a lot of territory? Can you be a bit more specific
>> and tell us exactly what is happening?
>> Are these the standard screen savers that came with Vista? Which version
>> of
>> Vista did you install?
>> Do you have the Aero features enabled?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ronnie Vernon
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "Bill" <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news
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>> >I am new to vista and my screen saver dose not work can anybody help
>> >please
>>