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Windows problem after Pic Clique uninstall

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  1. ejhonda
    Member

    I recently uninstalled my SPEED World Challenge Pic Clique screensaver due to SCCA no longer supporting it. Since my uninstall, when my PC goes into screensaver mode, it won't break out completely. I can move the mouse, or mouse click, or hit a key, and the default Windows screen saver will stop, the desktop background picture will show, and that's as far as it gets - the user's desktop never becomes fully functional (no taskbar or Start button available). It's like Explorer hangs. Only thing I've found to recover is if you press Alt+Ctl+Del, it instantly brings forth a functioning desktop, along with a resulting Windows Task Manager window.

    Ever seen that before? This is on a Windows XP box SP3 (SP3 was installed to see if it helped w/ the problem, previously this was happening w/ SP2 as well).

    Posted 2 years ago #
  2. Haven't seen this before - have you tried selecting a different screensaver than the default windows one? It could be that default screensaver that's causing the problem.

    Posted 2 years ago #
  3. ejhonda
    Member

    I installed the generic PicClique screensaver and have tried using it. The problem remains the same. Tried disabling power save settings, changing them to 'never' - no effect. Found a post on a forum that suggested disabling 'fast user switching', which I will try and report back on.

    Posted 2 years ago #
  4. ejhonda
    Member

    Found info on this issue in a Windows forum, which worked for me:

    Settings > Control Panel > User Accounts > Change the way users log on or off >

    Uncheck "Use Fast User Switching", reboot, check "Use Fast User Switching".

    Posted 2 years ago #
  5. Glad to hear it's sorted.

    Posted 2 years ago #

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