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3D Screen saver won't work

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by daz'n'ash

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I have a Radeon 9250 128mb/128bit AGP installed and works fine... except it won't show the 3D screen savers. I have installed them properly, but although I can preview them without a problem, when I select one from the list of screen savers and click Apply, then OK, it never starts up. I go back into Display Properties and it is not selected anymore. Why is this and how can I fix it? Apart from getting a better AGP card.. for now

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by jaqui

which 3d screen savers?
I've been paid to install 3d screen savers from freeze.com's free offerings onto systems without very good 3d graphics support*. they work fine.
it may be the actual screensavers rather than the graphics card.

* one being an old compaq presario pentium3 @ 600mhz with only on-board graphics.

by daz'n'ash

No problems found.
DirectDraw test results: All tests were successful.
Direct3D 7 test results: All tests were successful.
Direct3D 8 test results: All tests were successful.
Direct3D 9 test results: All tests were successful.

by daz'n'ash

Galleon, Spirit of Fire, Watermill... they work just fine in preview, but won't stay selected once I click Apply then OK to exit Display Properties. They do stay selected on other computers I have installed them on.

by thechas

The problem is NOT your video card or your video settings.

I know it sounds like a broken record, but start with a full scan for ad-ware and viruses.

Still not working?

Run a registry cleaner.
You can get a 30 day trial of Registry Fixer from:
www.rosecitysoftware.com

I have used it on both W98 and XP systems with no problems.

Still a problem?

Which version of Windows are you running?

For XP and W2K, you must have administrator rights in order to set some screen saver options.

Is there a group policy enabled that stops you from changing the screen saver?

Chas

by daz'n'ash

Thanks for answering Chas. no virii or adware/spyware here. This is a fresh install of Windows XP Professional with SP2. I have sole Admin priviallages on this computer, no other user accounts set up. Any other suggestions?

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