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Windows 7 Screensaver not always turning on

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202613931 views
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After 15 minutes, my display correctly goes to screensaver mode (Photos, Wait: 15min, "On resume, display logon screen"). If I press a key or move the mouse, the screensaver correctly halts and I get the login screen to enter my password. However, it doesn't always work. Last night, for example, I …

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Fix for: Windows 7 Screensaver not always turning on

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This might be because of some program that you have/had running at the moment you turned off the monitor. Some programs are programmed on purpose to disable the activation of the screen saver. For example, a program that does media playback may do t…

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