Re: Occasional crash
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:25 am
Regarding the disabling thing, I didn't realize until afterwards that it's not the screensaver itself, but in fact ControlSS that shows as disabled. I can still run the screensaver manually. If I click the ControlSS icon in the system tray, sometimes it re-enables & stays re-enabled, other times it will re-enable for about 2 seconds & then revert back to disabled. If I reboot the PC, it's enabled again.
So is this because of Windows? Or ControlSS? I'm not sure how ControlSS works - does it simply report whether Windows enables or disables the screensaver? Or does it override it in some way? I thought it at the very least had some control if you can click it & it disables the screensaver.
I'm trying to figure out if something related to VLC Media Player is doing it. I'm pretty sure that it happened at least once when VLC crashed trying to play a corrupted video. Maybe manually playing a video with VLC will help, or seeing if there's a process or service related to VLC that needs to be terminated.
But so far this hasn't happened since upgrading to version 6.
Sometimes just typing these posts gives me ideas.
So is this because of Windows? Or ControlSS? I'm not sure how ControlSS works - does it simply report whether Windows enables or disables the screensaver? Or does it override it in some way? I thought it at the very least had some control if you can click it & it disables the screensaver.
I'm trying to figure out if something related to VLC Media Player is doing it. I'm pretty sure that it happened at least once when VLC crashed trying to play a corrupted video. Maybe manually playing a video with VLC will help, or seeing if there's a process or service related to VLC that needs to be terminated.
But so far this hasn't happened since upgrading to version 6.
Sometimes just typing these posts gives me ideas.