Have you checked the system clock? If may not be running properly.
Start>Control Panel>Date and Time to see if it is running. After you
set the time interval for the screensaver, did you click Apply and then OK?
Click the Power button in Display Properties and see that turn off harddisk
is set to "Never".
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"Husadawg" wrote:

> I have a new Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook with Windows XP Home version 2002
> and SP2 installed. Everything works fine except I cannot get the screensaver
> to work when the computer is plugged in. It works fine when on battery
> power. It will also preview when plugged in but never comes on. I don't
> know if this is an XP issue or something unique to Dell. Any help or ideas
> are certainly appreciated.