Screensaver Freezes
 

Can a screensaver become corrupt. The problem I have is using Windows XP screensaver 3D Text, now freezes my screen after running for perhaps 2minutes. The PC hasn't crashed as I can reboot it using Alt F4.
This problem only occurs on the one screensaver (I think). Also can anyone tell me apart from the obvious file ***.scr, what other files ie. dll's are associated with this scr. and could they be common to other applications, as I will delete them and copy from another PC.

Re: Screensaver Freezes
 

Does the problem occur with any other of XP's 3D screensavers? (ie: 3D Flying Objects)

If you create a new user account and log in with that one does it have the same problem?

Re: Screensaver Freezes
 

It does not happen with any other screensaver. I haven't tried another account.

Re: Screensaver Freezes
 

That would be the next thing to try, as it would help to determine if the problem is with your account or system-wide.

Re: Screensaver Freezes
 

I've seen this kind of thing before. It is sometimes a graphics card/driver issue. Depending on the card/driver functionality I dare say you could tweak the driver settings on a per application basis and alter some of the directX settings when running that screen saver.
The easiest way out of course is to simply not use that particular screen saver ;) (or look for another one on the net that does more or less the same thing).

Re: Screensaver Freezes
 

I've had a situation where the screen reverts to a safe mode type screen. Therefor I think the problem is more than I originally thought. Going to update graphics card driver first. Any other ideas?