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John R.

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Message 51835 - Posted: 30 Dec 2013, 15:31:59 UTC

Since installing BOINC 7.2.33 on my Windows XP machine, I no longer get the screen savers for Rosetta, SETI and Einstein -- the screen just goes black instead. Any help?
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Message 51836 - Posted: 30 Dec 2013, 15:36:58 UTC - in response to Message 51835.  

Check that the screensaver selected is 'Boinc' and not '(None)' or 'Blank'

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Message 51837 - Posted: 30 Dec 2013, 16:40:44 UTC - in response to Message 51836.  

Thanks for the quick reply, Claggy! Yes, I had already checked that BOINC is my selected screensaver. Other screensaver configurations are:
Wait 5 minutes until resuming
Blank screensaver: Never
Run BOINC screensaver: 2 minutes
Run project screensavers for :10 (I'm going to try moving that to 1 hour)
Switch between project screensavers every: 5

I'm not sure whether some of those configs may have changed with the 7.2.33. (Screensavers were just fine with the previous versions.)

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Message 51838 - Posted: 30 Dec 2013, 16:43:12 UTC - in response to Message 51837.  

Also -- when I check the screensaver with Preview, the screen goes black and locks up. I have to terminate the BOINC operation to get my regular screen back.
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Message 51846 - Posted: 1 Jan 2014, 0:50:43 UTC - in response to Message 51838.  

Changing the "Run Project Screensavers for:" from 10 minutes to one hour seems to have done it -- I now have at least the Einstein screensaver running.
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