EEVILMURRAY Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Normally when you make something full screen, like a movie or whatnot the screensaver doesn't come up. But recently it's started turning itself on. So I have to go into the settings and turn it off and then reactivating it after I've finished watching whatever (Which at the moment are many episodes of South Park) Is there a remedy for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I never quite understood screensavers. They do nothing except cause your computer to use up more power when you're not using it. Just had a look in the settings. I'm positive older versions of Windows had an option for disabling the screensaver when something is full-screen. It doesn't seem to exist any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEVILMURRAY Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 I never quite understood screensavers. They do nothing except cause your computer to use up more power when you're not using it. I thought it was to stop screen burn. I just don't understand why it's happening now. I've had this PC for years and it's never done it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Unless you have an old PC monitor, you really don't need to worry about burn-in anymore. Just turn your screensaver off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rummy Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I was gonna say, who even uses screensavers anymore?! What sort of a screen are you on anyway? I'd maybe recommend just getting rid of a screensaver, or used power saving options to shutoff screen after idle etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I thought it was to stop screen burn. I just don't understand why it's happening now. I've had this PC for years and it's never done it. On CRT monitors (fat monitors) that is correct. However with LCD monitors (flat) that's not an issue and therefore screensavers are pointless (as they always were, turn your monitor off). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konfucius Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Are you using a mediaplayer or is it a flashvideo on a website. If it's the latter I have the same problem that my monitor turn off after 10 minutes (because I set it to turn off after 10 mins idle) and I'm not sure there's a solution to that because as far as I understand it the media player applications tell the system that it's not idle and therefore shouldn't do any of the power saving stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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