And was noted back in XP (and prior) days. The screen saver only kicks in if the machine is not busy. But it never tells us why it thinks it's busy. My guess is Vista's new indexing or you have a wifi connection, firewall, etc.
Bob
I have a Vista Basic laptop. I will soon be upgrading to Vista Premium (My specs are above the Premium minimum), but not for a while. I have an issue with my screen-saver. Every time I turn it on, it doesn't work! For example: I want to use Vista's "Ribbon" screen-saver. I set the time to 5 minutes, but it never turns on! I haven't made many changes to my laptop, and Windows Update installs updates every Friday. And once I upgrade, will the screen-saver work again? Pleas help me resolve this issue!!!

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