what causes my screen saver to pause briefly then continue and pause every second?
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Chances are, there's just a bunch of stuff running ... i.e. your e-mail is polling the computer every few minutes and therefore occupying the CPU's time.\n\nThis shouldn't really be noticable though.\n\nThere are a number of free utilities available to help.  I suggest you do a Google search on "What's Running" (include the quotation marks) --- this is a great little freeware utility that can really help you unload a bunch of stuff that doesn't need to be sucking up your CPU and memory.\n\nNo, I don't work for them !    ;-)
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Typically it is what thay call a software conflict, two or more activities are competing and this may freeze your screen. check your notification area in the lower right corner of your task bar and see what programs are there, some could be running in the background possibly causing the problem.
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Right click on desktop>Properties>Screen Saver>then choose the one you want and click ok
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Go to control panel/ appearance & themes/ screensavers/ power and see if it is set for never go into stand bye mode and change it there.Make sure after you change it you hit apply and ok Good Luck
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(m)\n\nA screensaver is a computer program originally designed to conserve the image quality of computer displays by blanking the screen or filling them with moving images or patterns when the computers are not in use. Today, screensavers are primarily for entertainment or security purposes.
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Press alt+F4.\n\nOr just activate screensaver or set powersaver option to something very short time so that monitor goes to powersave.
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In that case set your screen saver to come on after 99 minutes.
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Most of the time this happens in regular mode and not safe mode, it is a problem with a driver.\n\nGo to safe mode, and do a rollback on your video driver.  That is the most common culperet.  If that is not it, try your other drivers.\n\nYou can also try useing the "Last Known Good" setting, and that will hopefully roll your computer back to before this problem happened.
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right click on a clear bit of desktop and then click on the screensaver tab - you can select your screen saver there.
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i think.. but i am not sure that it coupld possibly be a virus of somsort or your screen driver is mucking up various other software on ur computer... you mite be able to a rool back driver 2 fix the problem but it mite not work..\n\ngoodluck!
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screensavers really drain your processor\nthey all come with crap tho
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try changing your refresh rate to stop that, sounds like you have the monitor plugged into a power strip so its not saving the settings
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I'm assuming you're asking on how many how soon should a screensaver come on to be safe.\nIf you are using an LCD monitor it shouldn't matter much. A CRT monitor, 2-3 minutes is good.
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I don't know but the same thing is happening to my computer. So I'm going to stay posted on your question to see if anything helps.
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if it is about the screen saver,\nright click (anywhere except taskbar) on your desktop -- properties -- tab screensaver -- change the drop list menu (e.g. to none) and also check for power setting (the button below the drop list menu)
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Right-click anywhere on the desktop and click properties. You should look for "On resume, password protect" in Screen Saver section and click OK.
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check for errors,trojans,spyware and viruses.\nthis is usually due to a program running in the background.\ncheck the icons on the lower right corner and quit any programs you donot wish to use.if the prob continues,go to task manager (ctrl+alt+del) and check for any unusual tasks running.also uninstall all the unwanted software you have installed and keep only the most nesessary ones.the problem can also be due to a problem in your screensaver which is not able to load.try changing/disabling it.if the prob occurs try defragmenting your drive.AND ultimately ,if nothing works out,reformat your drive(this is the best way).