Blow the lens with your breath, compressed air, or use tweezers to extract any hair or lint.
Repeatedly become active and cause the screensaver to stop working. If the mouse optical lens is dirty (usually with lint), then the mouse will On many computers, the mouse can wake up a computer from sleep and also the screen saver. Please try all of the suggestions in order as they are cumulative. Obtain the latest Video Card and Mouse Drivers.Unfortunately there are many reasons that contribute to why a screensaver won't start.Īs such, I'll provide a wide range of explanations and solutions which should This is a very common problem with Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8.
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Have you heard of such an incidence? Any idea how to fix my screensaver? I have learned quite a bit form your I have reset the screensaver settings on both machines but my screensaver won't start. I suspect a recent Windows update may have caused my screensaver to stop working, but I can't substantiate that. For a few days now my screensaver won't start anymore on either my Windows 7ĭesktop and laptop.