FIX ACTION: For Windows 7 Disabled Screen Saver

[Geelo]

(Note: This also should work in Windows Vista and may need to be modified in Windows XP)

I have my screen saver working again I wrote a .VBS script that manually turns on the screen saver, and I have Task Scheduler in Windows 7 run the script every 5 minutes. It works ! This uses the "bubbles" screen saver.. I have not looked at the other screen savers names, but they all should be in C:\Windows\System32.

Make a folder on your C:\ drive, called ScreenSaverScript, open the folder.
Right click in the folder make a new .txt files, call it ScreenSaver.txt
Copy and Paste the below code into the text file, and save it:

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REM ScreenSaver script - [email protected]. 
OPTION EXPLICIT 
dim fso, ws, file_to_open, OFFICE_PATH 

Set ws = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 
 
OFFICE_PATH = "C:\Windows\System32\" 

ws.Run CHR(34)& OFFICE_PATH & "\Bubbles.scr" & CHR(34) & file_to_open, 0, "FALSE"

Then rename ScreenSaver.txt to ScreenSaver.VBS

After that, go to start menu, and in the "Search Programs and files" field type in Task Scheduler, click on Task Scheduler icon.

Make sure that all the fields are the same as below:








Magic..

[MorkeuM]

Very nice and thank you... but I shouldn't have to go trough all that trouble just because I'm using Magicjack. And believe me I won't...!!!

[Geelo]

Very nice and thank you... but I shouldn't have to go trough all that trouble just because I'm using Magic Jack. And believe me I won't...!!!

Your Welcome, The only downside to doing the script like this is it unfortunately opens the screen saver more then once.. I think I'll be able to tweak this thru Task Scheduler... if not I'll have to modify the script, but if your using the computer all of the time, this works.

I totally agree with you.. but after talking to Magic Jack about the bug, and they not caring to much about it, I decided to take some time to come up with a solution to try to help everyone.

I also am thinking about canceling, after this...
For $20 a year, I can accept that Magic Jack's VoIP pipe is overloaded. I can also accept that some time Magic Jack tries to pump questionable packets thru Magic Jack to my LAN. What I have a hard time accepting, is a company that does not adhere to testing there software / firmware via the software release cycle, before sending the update out to all customers units. And then not listening to their customers to fix the problem.

The Fix this issue should be so easy for YMax, just "roll back" to the previous version of the software.[/b]

[satoru]

I've posted this in the original thread as well. But your title will catch most people's eyes so I'm reposting it here too. This patch should help get around the issue of the screensaver popping every 5 minutes as it makes the MagicJack behave the way it's supposed to at the system level.

Here's some new information that will help Windows 7 and maybe Vista users as well. To give proper credit I obtained this information from here and have tested it to work under Windows 7 starter

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r247087 ... t-think-so

The following command shows MJ has a request to prevent display and system power savings. If you get an error, you need to run the command prompt as an Administrator:

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C:\>powercfg /requests  
DISPLAY:  
[PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume1\Users\????\AppData\Roaming\mjusbsp\magicJack.exe  

SYSTEM:  
[PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume1\Users\????\AppData\Roaming\mjusbsp\magicJack.exe  

AWAYMODE:  
None.  

The following commands will override (disable) the power request:

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powercfg /requestsoverride PROCESS magicJack.exe DISPLAY
powercfg /requestsoverride PROCESS \Device\HarddiskVolume1\Users\????\AppData\Roaming\mjusbsp\magicJack.exe DISPLAY

Notice one command has the full path as it appeared in the requests output. Be sure to use the path from your requests output. You need both or the power savings won't work.

This patch will survive reboots. You can check by running the command before and after a reboot

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powercfg /requestsoverride

Hope this update helps everyone!!

[sgreen0]

Thanks for the fix. My screen saver is back...

Stephen

[infringer]

Help me out here:

Lets slam there tech support about this issue daily!

Lets enforce the fact that they are making there product as non green as possible at a time when society is trying to be green and eco friendly...

I have a question:

What does your requestsoverride say exactly it looks like the long one is shortend on mine maybe thats why my screensaver is not working?

I have added in requestsoverride for all requests listed exactly as listed!

I need help getting this working again!

I need power management to keep my electric bill somewhat payable.

Please help thank you!

[infringer]

[PROCESS]
\device\harddiskvolumeX\users\X display system
magicjack.exe display system
magicjack display system

notice the \device ..... is shortend it should continue to magicjack.exe I thought!

notice I even added just magicjack to it without .exe to make good and sure of it working

[sgreen0]

the first command looks like this:

powercfg /requestsoverride PROCESS magicJack.exe DISPLAY

And the second:

powercfg /requestsoverride PROCESS \Device\HarddiskVolume1\Users\????\AppData\Roaming\mjusbsp\magicJack.exe DISPLAY

(all on one line), where the ???? are replaced with your username. (On my system, I needed to change HarddiskVolume1 to HarddiskVolume2).

Does that help?

Stephen

[infringer]

::::: Little help please b4 I go apeshit and reinstall everything :::::

Do me a favor if you can download greenshot

install it

open cmd

type the following:
powercfg -requestsoverride

hit enter

Open Greenshot

Take a screenshot of your cmd window

Post it here either via a link using some rapidshare type website.

Or free image hosting website like host gator or something along them lines.

That would help free me up a little working room cause I am running windows 7 and believe I have ran everything correct to a T and dotted i ...

One thing in my documents username there is a space that could be causing this or a couple other things but I just want to verify for myself.

[infringer]

ok here is the deal

all day long and a simple capitol "J" in magicJack.exe stumped me

follow this it works! step by step:

hit the start button in windows7

type cmd into the search box

rightclick on cmd run as administrator

type powercfg /requestsoverride PROCESS magicJack.exe DISPLAY

make sure you typed the capitol letters and not lower case look at the one in magic"J"ack make sure that is capitol as well!

hit enter

unplug your magicjack

reboot your computer and leave it unplugged

once computer boots up set your screen saver for 1minute then let it sit for one minute to activate screen saver ...

Now plug in your magic jack let it sit for another minute viola screen saver active now!

if you wish to activate sleep as well follow the same instructions but just type this line instead of that line:

type powercfg /requestsoverride PROCESS magicJack.exe DISPLAY SYSTEM

Bingo if you follow this it will work! you don't have to type out this long line of garbadge \device\yadda\yadda\yadda to get this to work!

ENJOY!

-infringer-

[pbjandfritos]

ok here is the deal

all day long and a simple capitol "J" in magicJack.exe stumped me

follow this it works! step by step:

hit the start button in windows7

type cmd into the search box

rightclick on cmd run as administrator

type powercfg /requestsoverride PROCESS magicJack.exe DISPLAY

make sure you typed the capitol letters and not lower case look at the one in magic"J"ack make sure that is capitol as well!

hit enter

unplug your magicjack

reboot your computer and leave it unplugged

once computer boots up set your screen saver for 1minute then let it sit for one minute to activate screen saver ...

Now plug in your magic jack let it sit for another minute viola screen saver active now!

if you wish to activate sleep as well follow the same instructions but just type this line instead of that line:

type powercfg /requestsoverride PROCESS magicJack.exe DISPLAY SYSTEM

Bingo if you follow this it will work! you don't have to type out this long line of garbadge \device\yadda\yadda\yadda to get this to work!

ENJOY!

-infringer-

Do you have to run that command every time you have to reboot. The method before would save the settings apon reboot.

Ernie

[infringer]

Nope just the one time then reboot if you follow these directions exactly it works spent a 2 days on this figuring it out exactly works great!

[bitstopjoe]

Nope just the one time then reboot if you follow these directions exactly it works spent a 2 days on this figuring it out exactly works great!

Sadly not on XP SP3

Joe Sica

[MorkeuM]

ok here is the deal

all day long and a simple capitol "J" in magicJack.exe stumped me

follow this it works! step by step:

hit the start button in windows7

type cmd into the search box

rightclick on cmd run as administrator

type powercfg /requestsoverride PROCESS magicJack.exe DISPLAY

make sure you typed the capitol letters and not lower case look at the one in magic"J"ack make sure that is capitol as well!

hit enter

unplug your magicjack

reboot your computer and leave it unplugged

once computer boots up set your screen saver for 1minute then let it sit for one minute to activate screen saver ...

Now plug in your magic jack let it sit for another minute viola screen saver active now!

if you wish to activate sleep as well follow the same instructions but just type this line instead of that line:

type powercfg /requestsoverride PROCESS magicJack.exe DISPLAY SYSTEM

Bingo if you follow this it will work! you don't have to type out this long line of garbadge \device\yadda\yadda\yadda to get this to work!

ENJOY!

-infringer-

Works like a charm for me. Thanks a lot !!!

[areamike]

ok here is the deal
all day long and a simple capitol "J" in magicJack.exe stumped me

amazing isn't it? Stupid computer should have known you meant magicJack.exe when you typed magicjack.exe...