SQL Soundings: Vista Screen Saver Started Working Again!

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Vista Screen Saver Started Working Again!

A few weeks ago, my Dell Inspirion 1501 laptop, running Vista, suddenly stopped displaying screen savers for some reason. I tried everything I could Google, including rolling back to a restore point, downloading the new HID driver, playing around with a wireless mouse, etc.

This morning, my wife and I were discussing lithium ion batteries, and I removed mine from my laptop (to check the manufacture date). When I put the battery back in, the screen saver magically started working again. Go figure. Something to try if you're having the same problem...

1 comments:

Larry Leonard said...: Update: The screen saver quit working again, for several months this time. I just disk a full CHKDSK, and now it's magically fixed again.; March 15, 2010 at 10:55 PM

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