Prevent screensaver?

[Per-Torben Sørensen]

Hello.

Anyone know if it's possible to prevent the screensaver from activating
during a presentation?

Regards
Per-Torben Sørensen

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

I think PowerPoint does disable the screensaver.

Or you can also choose Control Panel | Display | Screen Saver | Power -- and
choose the "Presentation" power scheme (Windows XP).

 

[Per-Torben Sørensen]

no, the problem is that people get the screensaver during presentations and
then they must unlock the computer. So I'm looking for a way to prevent the
screensaver for activating during presentations.

Regards
Per-Torben Sørensen

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

Just to be sure then, use the "Presentation" power scheme.


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[Bill Dilworth]

This strongly suggests that you are in a managed IT environment. It is
fairly common in these environments to have the IT guys lock out the user's
permission to turn off the screen saver. If this is the case, the user's
instance of PowerPoint does not have permission to disable the screen saver
and it continues to fire up after whatever time was set.

I would (nicely) talk to the IT guys and find out if they can grant a
different set of permissions for this/these machine(s). One possibility is
for them to create a whole new presenter username/account that has the
appropriate settings (but not access to sensitive materials). You may need
to spell it out for them in computer terms, they usually do not understand
why the sudden appearance of obnoxious dancing Beziers in front of 300
perspective clients would embarrass the presenter. Or why typing your
password for the 6th time tends to "break the mood".


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Bill Dilworth
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