Thanks for the suggestions Byte. I have confirmed that the system clock is
set and running properly. Also the hard drive is set to "never". I have
even tried some of the other configurations available under the power tab
without luck adn tried varying the time until the screen saver should come
on. I would be inclined to suspect this module in my OS is corrupted if it
weren't for the fact that it works fine on battery power.

"Byte" wrote:

> 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.