Disable Screensaver

iviv · 6 Aug 2008 at 09:15

We've got our MD coming down to our office in an hour, and we've got a whole set of presentations set up on our laptop for him to look at, that's all fine. However, the laptop has a screensaver set that's going to interfere with the presentation. And changing the screensaver has been removed from the 'display' tab.
So, without admin access, and without a simple fix like 'moving the mouse every minute', is there a way to disable the screensaver, at least temporarily? Or maybe a small program that moves the cursor a couple of pixels each minute?

MiNxYyY · 6 Aug 2008 at 13:45

what about running a small app in the background?it might stop the screensaver going off,just a thought.

MarcLister · 6 Aug 2008 at 16:24

Find the screensaver file which should have a .scr extension and rename the extension to .old or something like that to deactivate the file?

Sp00n · 6 Aug 2008 at 17:33

Ask your admin to do it?

Thats what they are for :/

bluetech · 6 Aug 2008 at 17:37

I am sure a full screen power point presentation would prevent the screensaver from running in the first place. Have you tested it?

EDIT:

iviv said:
in an hour

And posted at 9:15AM, looks like we are all a little late...

MarcLister · 6 Aug 2008 at 17:39

bluetech said:
And posted at 9:15AM, looks like we are all a little late...

Yes I think we are.