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TEMPORARILY DISABLE YOUR SCREEN SAVER
Sometimes you would like to make sure your screen saver
doesn't come up during a long period of keyboard and
mouse inactivity: for example, I like to do this when I
am downloading a large file and I would like to be able
to glance at the progress box to get an idea how much
longer the download will take, but in the meantime I'm
reading a book or doing some other productive activity
not involving my computer. Another possible time is when
you are defragging a large drive. Well, you can always go
to the Screen Saver tab on the Display page in Control
Panel in order to set your screen saver to
"(none)", but this may be more trouble than it
is worth. Here is a quick way to temporarily disable your
screen saver: just click on the Start button and bring up
the Start Menu. The screen saver should never come up
while the menu is shown.
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