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Everytime I select a standard screensaver, my system reboots.
Any suggestions, or is any else having this problem?
Build 2195. Final OEM

Umm. Turn the screen saver off, maybe?
Only wanting to be a bit of a smarta**, I firmly believe that screen savers in general are the work of the devil. I've have the problem you describe in Win98 as well.
I believe that the problem is that screen savers and the advance power management (APM) modes on most (newer) machines conflict. I have no screen saver running, but Win2K (or the APM itself) does shut off the screen after about 15 minutes of non-use.
This is on my desktop system, but I have the same problem under Win98 on my laptop. If I turn on a screen saver - even the one that just blanks the screen, I can't get the laptop to respond after the APM turns off the monitor.

Your screen saver is probably causing a app error and your system is set to reboot when encountering them.
To keep the system from rebooting (if you care to debug the issue) go to MY COMPUTER|PROPERTIES ADVANCED tab, then click on STARTUP AND RECOVERY and clear the check box that says "automatically reboot"
Best thing is to just not run the thing :)

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