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Name: syd
Date: September 15, 2007 at 10:54:02 Pacific
OS: Vista Home Primium
CPU/Ram: core2 duo 6400 2GB ram
Product: Dell
Comment:

I just installed a wireless keyboard and mouse. Since i did that my screensaver does not come on when setup to do so. Is there a setting that i am missing?



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Name: XpUser
Date: September 15, 2007 at 11:35:08 Pacific
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1. Go to Windows Update site & click on Available optional Updates.
2. Look for an update called M$ HID Non-User Input Data Filter
3. Download the update and install it.
3a. Restart Windows immediately afterward for the update to be made permanent part of the OS. Otherwise you will need to download it again.
4. Your screensaver will then be working again.

The problem is due to an inherent bad code in M$ software (they're too lazy to correct it across all Windows platforms). The following two MSKBs explain the relationship between the screensaver, and wireless keyboard & mouse that was first discovered shortly after the introduction of XP SP2.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911...


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913...

Post back if it doesn't cure your problem. Otherwise I would assume everything's running great the way you like - as it did to mine.

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EDIT: Revised this post on September 16, 2007 at 08:28 EST to add Step 3a above.

i_Xp/VistaUser


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Response Number 2
Name: syd
Date: September 15, 2007 at 18:45:25 Pacific
Reply:

Thank You it worked.



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Response Number 3
Name: XpUser
Date: September 15, 2007 at 19:54:36 Pacific
Reply:

You're welcome. Thanks for posting back to let us know that it worked.

Happy Screensaving :-)

i_Xp/VistaUser


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