haha, sgt, you have such bad luck! You have quite a number of things that don't work for you only but work for others. Try this: 1) run GPEDIT.MSC 2) Browse to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Display 3) Set "Screen Saver" to "Disabled" 4) Exit GPEDIT.MSC Your screensaver should now be greyed out, therefore disabled. If LGPO (Local Group Policy Objects) don't work for you either, then IT REALLY IS YOUR PROBLEM! Switch to Mac.... Believe me this is driving me nuts. Do you have a registry setting for that?