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Screensaver does not display on Windows Vista
Friday 10th August, 2007 @ 7.45am BST Europe/London by Pandammonium
My shiny red laptop has Windows Vista on it, but recently, I’ve noticed that the screensaver refuses to display. Not a serious problem, especially not for an LCD, but it’s just annoying! So I asked Google about it, and Google said to read this article to find out why. This is an article by someone called Chris, who says that he had exactly the same problem, and he fixed it by unplugging his wireless Microsoft laser mouse, so I incredulously unplugged mine, which I have disliked since the day I got it. Lo and behold, one screensaver. Astonishing.
Update: the answer is to, with the receiver plugged in, download and install an optional update from Microsoft called Microsoft - Other Hardware - HID Non-User Input Data Filter. Then it’ll work fine. You can save your screen all you like.
posted in Computing | Tags: bugs, Google, Microsoft, mouse, screensaver, solutions | 4 Comments »
Oops
Wednesday 31st January, 2007 @ 9.58am GMT Europe/London by Pandammonium
Can you see how I’ve “done something” to my blog layout? Does it show?
I have always wanted my blog to match the rest of my site, so yesterday, in a fit of PhD procrastination, I started faffing about with it. It’s not looking quite right yet, is it?
And not only is the blog broken, but the rest of the site’s not looking quite right either.
posted in Computing | Tags: blogging, bugs, procrastination | No Comments »
