Questions tagged [screensaver]
Screensavers were developed to prevent phosphor burn-in on CRT and plasma computer monitors.
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Temporarily disable screensaver on Windows 10 in an easy way
Pretty simple issue - I work on something, I need the screen to stay on all the time until I'm done. I do not want the screensaver to intrude upon my work. While working, I do not touch the keyboard ...
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Can't increase screen-lock time beyond 15 minutes on a Windows 11 system
Using a Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 running Windows 11 (upgraded from Windows 10 a few months ago). The device used to be connected to the Active Directory we use at work - after the employer allowed ...
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Is there a real reason to use a screen saver?
Other than entertainment, is there a real reason to use a screen saver? Does it somehow "save your screen"?
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How to get rid of lag/delay when unlocking Windows 10
With Windows 7 (and XP) I could walk up to a locked PC (without Ctrl-Alt-Del requirement) and start typing my password, even with the screen off, and the keypresses would all be sent to the password ...
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How to disable the 10 minute screen timeout/lock in KDE?
I'm trying KDE desktop on Ubuntu 14.04LTS (the start screen now says "kubuntu" but the DE was installed on top of regular ubuntu). When no actions have been made for like 10 or 15 minutes or so the ...
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Windows 7 loses all network connectivity after screensaver is disabled
I have a very strange problem:
My Windows 7 laptop is set to show the default windows screensaver after 10 minutes. No matter how long the screensaver is active, the network connections are fine. I ...
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Is it bad for the screen to keep turning on and off many times?
In screen timeout settings, windows 10 has option to turn off screen after desired minutes..
Is bad for screen if I set to turn off screen after 5min, so screen keep turning on and off
during my ...
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Stop screensaver and lock session on Debian by command line
I tried several ways to stop the screensaver and the lock session but I can't fix it.
I went to the settings but there isn't any "never" for the screensaver timer. The minimum is 1 minute, the ...
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How set screen saver or sleep at monitor 2 when I use monitor 1, in windows 10?
When I work at monitor 1, monitor 2 do nothing, so it will we good to put in screen saver mode or sleep.
How can I set this in windows 10?
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Allow screen saver while playing game?
I’m on Windows 10 and set a screen saver to activate after 1 minute. I want this to activate even when I have Clone Hero open to protect my OLED screen. Most info online seems to be people having the ...
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Stop Screensaver using Task scheduler windows 8.1
I have an old windows 8.1 tablet that I'm trying to set up as a digital picture frame. It's a winbook tw700.
The tablet does not support wake timers so I have sleep for battery and plugged in as ...
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Windows 8.1 not activating screen saver, turning off monitor, or sleep mode
Any ideas on what would cause this? No applications that I actively run should be preventing this from happening: OneDrive, Steam, WhatPulse, puush, and f.lux. I have power options set to activate ...
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Change Linux console screen blanking behavior
How do I change the screen blanking behavior on Linux virtual terminals?
For example, if I switch to a VT from X, login, and leave the system alone for 5 minutes or so, the screen will blank like a ...
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How do I stop Windows 8 from timing out after 1 minute and going to the login screen? (Lockscreen already disabled)
How do I stop Windows 8 from timing out after 1 minute and going to the login screen? (Lockscreen already disabled) This is very annoying when i'm trying to work. I have changed everything in power ...
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Set macOS screensaver from command line in macOS 14 Sonoma
In earlier versions of macOS, I was able to set the screensaver from a shell script using a command like this:
defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver moduleDict -dict moduleName Drift path /...
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Browser is preventing Windows screensaver from starting. How can I disable that?
I'm using a tablet to show security cameras. I want the screen to stay on, but I want it to go blank after a few minutes to prevent screen burn in. The problem is that my web-based camera viewer seems ...
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Fedora 22 - Can't Access GNOME Lock Screen
I recently installed Fedora 22 and I'm using GNOME v3.16.2. I am new to Fedora, but moderately experienced with Linux. I cannot figure out how to lock my screen with a keyboard shortcut.
I have ...
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(How) can I change the time until the screensaver kicks in from the command line?
As the title asks (Windows 7). (How) can I change the time until the screensaver kicks in from the command line? Is it even possible?
Normally I am happy with a 5 minute setting, but occasionally I ...
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How to passively prevent Windows from blanking screen on a locked down Win10?
I have a computer with Windows 10, and I want to make the time until screen goes blank longer than 15 minutes.
Things I've tried:
Changing the time under screensaver. Worked when setting it lower ...
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How can I prevent a policy-enforced screen lock in Windows?
Our corporate BOFH imposes the screen lock setting with a ridiculously short delay. It's frustrating and counterproductive.
Is there a way to prevent the automatic screen lock? I would assume there ...
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Unable to unlock screen under lightdm in XDMCP configuration
On my setup, whenever the screen gets locked, I cannot unlock it anymore. I tried all three known(to me) implementations: light-locker xfce4-screensaver xscreensaver.
Special on my setup: it's a ...
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Win11 -- Screen saver no longer working since update
Note: This thread is about Screen Saver functionality.
I rely on my screen saver to turn my computer into a picture frame (it goes through a folder of photos).
This worked fine for years. I think the ...
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Display website as screensaver
How can I make my screensaver, in OSX Mountain Lion, to display a website?
Not a static one, a dynamic, changing website that uses HTML5.
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What is the command to lock the X screen without blanking the display?
Years ago (decades?), I used a command that turned the mouse into a padlock icon and prevented clicking or typing, but you could still see the programs that were running. You could blindly type your ...
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Screensaver To Share GPU With Background Machine Learning?
I'm looking to buy a gamer a GPU on which I can run machine learning while he's not playing his games. This naturally lends itself to something like a "screensaver" that, rather than doing anything ...
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Win11: Screensaver: Randomize photos...is not random
I have the settings shown below.
But the pictures are always shown... in the same order.... Same 1st pic, same 2nd pic.
It is like it shuffled once, and preserves that forever after....
How to make it ...
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Prevent Screen Saver Whilst Screen Sharing in Google Meet
When in a meeting with Google Meet the screensaver will activate if Google Meet doesn't run in the foreground or active browser window. But when sharing the screen, one has always another screen/tab ...
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Stop currently running Windows screensaver from command line
I have a number of Scheduled Tasks running on a Windows machine, which is design to run stand alone and show useful information to the office.
Part of it's use is to run a screensaver that itself ...
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Screensaver for Local Screen when using Remote Desktop
I have a server that is always on. It is almost never accessed directly but always via RDP (Remote Desktop). When I do need to access it if the monitor is turned off I often end up having to restart ...
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Is there a way for screen saver to always lock my computer screen?
So basically my screen saver is an important security feature.
If I am away from my computer I want to make sure people need to logged in first before accessing my computer. I want to make sure that ...
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How can I get my display to turn off on-demand?
Right now my win 10 PC is set to turn off the display after 30 minutes of inactivity. I'm wondering if I can have that same function on-demand. I often use my PC at night before going to sleep and ...
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Using RDP with dual monitors -screensaver issue
When using Remote Desktop on “PC A” with dual monitors, if I step away and return 20 minutes later, “PC A” shows the remote screensaver (from the PC I’m connected to “PC B”) on the left monitor, while ...
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Gamepad prevents screensaver from starting on Windows 10
Since I've upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10, the screensaver doesn't start anymore, and the screen never goes into standby when my gamepad is plugged (even idle) into the computer. "Allow this ...
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Windows 11: Modify screensaver behavior via script
I want to enable/disable the screensaver for a fixed local user via a scheduled task. My task runs
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" /f /v ScreenSaverIsSecure /t REG_SZ /d 0
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Windows 10 screen timeout is set. Something turn on the screen after it has been switched off by timer settings
My screen timeout settings is set to 5 minutes for both options (On battery + When plugged in).
My sleep settings is set to 15 minutes from battery and never when plugged in.
Blank screen saver is set ...
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How to disable screen off in Debian?
My screen are darkening every 20 or some minutes. It was originally xscreensaver installed, but nothing changed after I removed it. This behavior very annoying when I am trying to see some movie.
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Is After Dark compatible for Windows 10?
I have been looking all over to figure out whether or not After Dark is compatible for Windows 10, but I can't find any information. If possible, I would like it to have all the modules like they were ...
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How to control screen blanking in Xfce
I have a small cluster of machines running Xubuntu, all recently updated to 22.04. The update caused oddities, different on each machine, but those disappeared after a restart. But now I'm faced ...
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windows 11, screen saver password comes back requiring reboot to fix
Windows 11 Pro 21 H2 22000.1042
There are many posts how to disable the screen saver password. I have read each. This is however an uncovered problem. The screen saver I use is blank screen. For some ...
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Disable Windows 7 screensaver over RDP
How can I turn off the screensaver in RDP sessions and thus keep the session alive and unlocked, even if I am not actively working in it for some time?
Note: the solution should work without ...
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Prompt for password when exiting presentation
Is it possible to prompt for a password when exiting a full screen presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint?
I need to be able to show a presentation constantly, whilst leaving my computer, but do not ...
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Slowing down screensaver slideshow speed Windows 10
I am only given 3 options (Slow, Medium, Fast).
I need it to go slower than "Slow".
"Slow" is around 10 seconds, I'd like to have around 20s.
How is this achieved?
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Where are screen saver (.scr) configuration settings stored?
I found a Ken Burns Slideshow app in sourceforge I really like. To change settings, an .xml file is created the first time it is run if the .xml file is not located in the same directory. I changed ...
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xubuntu 20.04 Unable to disable xfce4-screensaver
I posted a question ( xubuntu in hyper-v freezes keyboard and mouse clicks after some idle time ) and it finally turned out, that the real reason is following:
I installed XUbuntu 20.04 and disabled ...
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How to turn screensaver on immediately after locking computer?
I am looking for a way to turn my screensaver on immediately, or turn off the screen, either when I lock the screen (WIN-L) or by clicking on something on the desktop.
I have located MonitorES as a ...
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How to unlock screen from script in KDE Plasma 5?
I use pam_usb and want to lock/unlock computer when USB stick is removed/inserted. For locking I use qdbus org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver /ScreenSaver Lock and it works perfectly. For unlocking I've ...
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Google Photos on Windows 10 Screensaver
I'm trying to set up an automated screensaver for my parents on their Windows 10 machine. Idea being a few minutes of idle time then shows random pictures from Google Photos. Right now Windows has a ...
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What keyboard key is the safest to press to wake a computer from screen saver? [closed]
Just wondering, any OS, any computer. What if I accidentally double-tap the key? Or what if the screensaver wasn't on? I'm guessing Delete and Escape are quite bad, along with Ctrl+C and hitting the ...
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Screensaver on only one monito in dual monitor setup
I have a dual monitor setup on Windows 7 with monitor 1 and monitor 2. I have a very specific need.
When monitor 2 is unused for 3 minutes I want monitor 2 to display a screensaver and I still want ...
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Are screensavers relevant anymore? [duplicate]
I have an LCD monitor,and from what I've read from the Wikipedia article,they only protect CRT and plasma monitors
which means that LCD monitors are not vulnerable to phosphor burn-in like those ...
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