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Screensaver and Sleep mode will not work.

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25-Sep-2009, 07:28 PM #1
Screensaver and Sleep mode will not work.
I have a Dell Inspiron Notebook with Windows Vista. The screensaver never comes on and can't even be previewed. The PC no longer goes into sleep mode either. It just keeps running.

I have tried every possible solution I can find including uninstalling PowerDVD, running windows update and disabling my firewall. Still no success. I also reduced the start-up programs to 6 (WLAN card, pointing device, audio, line detect, op system and virus software)

The problem started after a windows update. Coincidentally, the Synaptic Pointing Device icon started appearing on the taskbar after this update.

Can/Should I just disable the point device from startup? If not, what do I do?
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